TornadoFX looks very interesting! Thanks for the link! (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves http://picocli.info
> On Nov 11, 2017, at 13:24, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Using Kotlin could also attract Android developers who were otherwise stuck > using Java 6 for years. > > As mentioned in an earlier reply, this framework could be useful for > Kotlin/JavaFX: <https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx> > >> On 10 November 2017 at 22:12, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Now that I think of it, all else being equal, the combination of Kotlin >> and JavaFX may be attractive to get other new developers interested and >> grow the community... >> >> (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves http://picocli.info >> >>> On Nov 11, 2017, at 10:58, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Considering it takes about 2-3 months of daily use of Scala to get >>> comfortable, perhaps Kotlin would be a better choice. It's a simpler >>> language and is supposed to be easy for Java developers to pick up. >>> >>>> On 10 November 2017 at 19:43, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don’t know either language but I’d be more interested in learning >> Kotlin >>>> than learning Scala. >>>> >>>> OTOH I’m not sure how much time I’ll be able to contribute to Chainsaw >> so >>>> not sure how much that should count for. >>>> >>>> (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves http://picocli.info >>>> >>>>> On Nov 11, 2017, at 10:16, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That's what I hear. I don't know Kotlin, but I'd certainly be >> interested >>>> in >>>>> learning! (particularly so I can write Gradle builds in a statically >>>> typed >>>>> language) >>>>> >>>>>> On 10 November 2017 at 19:10, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I think Kotlin would be more approachable than Scala... thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10 November 2017 at 16:17, Robert Middleton <osfan6...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What would the advantage be of using Scala vs just normal Java? >>>>>>>> Mostly from a curiosity standpoint; I've never done Scala so I don't >>>>>>>> know it works. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The main advantage I can see is that most of the developers >> interested >>>> in >>>>>>> working on v3 all prefer to work in Scala. I could go on and on about >>>>>> Scala >>>>>>> over Java, but really, my comparison would all come down to >> functional >>>>>>> programming over object oriented programming. When it comes to shared >>>>>>> libraries like Log4j, I find Java far more appropriate and work in >> that >>>>>>> space. In a GUI application where there is no real public API? I'd >>>> rather >>>>>>> work in Scala. Kotlin was another option, but it seems like none of >> us >>>>>>> really have experience there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Did you actually have trouble building? I'm pretty sure that when I >>>>>>>> built it a few months ago I simply opened up the project in Netbeans >>>>>>>> and it built immediately as a maven project(although looking at the >>>>>>>> POM it does look like it uses ant on the backend for some reason). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Building the project is simple enough. I had issues with: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. Running mvn clean install does not work by default unless you run >>>> "mvn >>>>>>> site:site" before running "mvn install". >>>>>>> 2. Doesn't build in Java 9. >>>>>>> 3. The maven-release-plugin is not configured at all, so I had to do >>>> all >>>>>>> release steps by hand instead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >> > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
