New library: Sheetmusic4J, a JavaFX component that renders MusicXML sheet music and lets you hook into it: move a marker, highlight a note, sync with MIDI playback. Built by @frankdelporte.be for MelodyMatrix's upcoming Learn view. foojay.io/today/introd...

Introducing Sheetmusic4J, a Java(FX) Library to Render and Interact with Sheet Music - foojay

I'm building MelodyMatrix with my son, an application to look at and play along with music. The app already shows a song in different views: falling - by Frank Delporte

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Sheetmusic4J 0.0.3 is out! I shipped 0.0.1 as a question: does anyone want a native Java(FX) sheet music library? LinkedIn comments got answered: now it reads/writes ABC notation and imports Guitar Pro 7/8 files, plus lots of engraving improvements. webtechie.be/post/sheetmu... #Java #JavaFX

Sheetmusic4J 0.0.3: When LinkedIn Comments Becomes Features · webtechie.be

After introducing Sheetmusic4J, two LinkedIn comments challenged me to support ABC notation and Guitar Pro files. Release 0.0.3 does exactly that, alongside a …

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Oracle is adding between-quarters security releases for Java (CSPUs), first one Aug 18, 2026. Quarterly CPUs stay, but urgent fixes can now ship outside that window because AI has shortened the exploit timeline. What it means for your release pipeline by @frankdelporte.be foojay.io/today/new-be...

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to @johanvos.bsky.social @gluonhq.bsky.social @azulsystems.bsky.social @frankdelporte.be @rabauer.dev Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

Sheetmusic4J: open source library rendering MusicXML sheet music on a JavaFX Canvas, no WebView. Built for MelodyMatrix's Learn section, following playback with a marker and note highlight. webtechie.be/post/introdu...

Introducing Sheetmusic4J, a Java(FX) Library to Render and Interact with Sheet Music · webtechie.be

Introducing Sheetmusic4J, a JavaFX library that renders MusicXML sheet music with a playback marker and note highlighting, built for the upcoming Learn section …

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Azul Zulu July 2026 Quarterly Update Released. @frankdelporte.be reports on the latest Azul Zulu quarterly update, covering new features and improvements. foojay.io/today/azul-z... #Java #AzulZulu #OpenJDK :foojay:

Azul Zulu July 2026 Quarterly Update Released - foojay

Every three months your production JDKs fall further behind on security patches. Azul closes that gap today with the July 2026 quarterly update for Azul - by Frank Delporte

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New content on our website: Sheetmusic4J, a Java library to parse MusicXML and render sheet music natively in JavaFX. www.jfx-central.com/libraries/sh...

@apidia.net here is a new project for you... ;-) github.com/sheetmusic4j...

Happy Approximation Pi Day! 🥧🚀 A great excuse to celebrate the Pi ecosystem with Java. Whether you're learning, prototyping, or even exploring space-inspired projects, Java + Pi is a powerful combination. #Java #RaspberryPi #Pi4J #JavaOnRaspberryPi youtube.com/shorts/lcHL6...

SenseHat with PI4J

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Happy World Emoji Day. #WorldEmojiDay SenseHat emoji display #pi4j #JavaOnRaspberryPi #Java

Testing Java on Banana Pi with both ARM and RISC-V architectures. @frankdelporte.be shows how to get started and blink an LED using Pi4J. foojay.io/today/first-... #Java #BananaPi #RISCV #IoT

First Test of Java on Banana Pi (ARM and RISC-V), Plus a Blinking LED with Pi4J - foojay

As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V), I've asked various suppliers to send me - by Frank Delporte

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Running Pi4J on the NVIDIA Jetson Nano #JavaOnRaspberryPi dev.to/igoriot/runn...

Running Pi4J on the NVIDIA Jetson Nano

Story Horse? This post was inspired by the excellent article by WebTechie, First Test of Java on...

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If you are interested in playing around with midi devices and files, check out melodymatrix.rocks. It's free and quite fun :) @frankdelporte.be built this with his son, which is such a great idea on it's own! #JavaFX #MIDI #Piano

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to Kevin Rushforth @frankdelporte.be @rgiskard7.bsky.social @dlemmermann.bsky.social rrangelox markehammons @cupofcode.bsky.social Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

Released Today: New book “Introduction to the Aussom Programming Language” is now available for free download at aussom-lang.com/books and a new version of Aussom CLI 1.2.1 is available on the site. #aussom #java

Java on @bananapi.bsky.social: the ARM BPI-M4 Zero beats the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 on every benchmark. Also got Pi4J blinking an LED on a non-Raspberry Pi board for the first time. RISC-V BPI-F3 results too. webtechie.be/post/first-t... #Java #RISCV #JavaOnSingleBoardComputers

First Test of Java on Banana Pi (ARM and RISC-V), Plus a Blinking LED with Pi4J · webtechie.be

First Banana Pi Java test compares ARM and RISC-V boards, shares OS image links, setup pitfalls, and early findings for BPI-M4 Zero and BPI-F3 development.

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🎙️ Episode 100! We brought together podcasters @frankdelporte.be, @adambien.blog, Jennifer Reif, @kadigrigg.bsky.social, Oumaima Zerouali, and Steve Poole to talk about podcasting. What do they have in common? Find out in this milestone episode. foojay.io/today/foojay... #podcast #java

Foojay Podcast #100: When a Podcaster Interviews Podcasters, and What They All Have in Common - foojay

Foojay Podcast hits episode 100. No plan, no roadmap. It just happened. To mark the occasion, Frank turned the microphone around and invited other - by Frank Delporte

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MelodyMatrix, the app to "look at music", got a new multilingual Hugo website (8 languages) and hit release 1.1.0: audio spectrum view, falling note blocks, better view/audio sync. webtechie.be/post/a-new-w... #MelodyMatrix #JavaFX #MIDI

A New Website for MelodyMatrix, and What's New in Release 1.1.0 · webtechie.be

MelodyMatrix gets a brand new multilingual Hugo website built with Claude and Theia IDE, while the existing Vaadin website was reworked to backend-only …

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Thank you @frankdelporte.be ! It was great chatting with you! Congrats on 100 🥳🥳🥳

This just happened... The 100th episode of the @foojay.io #Podcast! With other podcasters about their motivation and what they learned. With @adambien.blog, Jennifer Reif, @kadigrigg.bsky.social, Steve Poole, and Oumaima Zerouali. In your podcast app and YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PID-...

When a Podcaster Interviews Podcasters, and What They All Have in Common (#100)

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Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to Marius Hanl Michael Strauß Kevin Rushforth @gluonhq.com @frankdelporte.be Nice Application 1 (Udit) @cupofcode.bsky.social Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

“Java Programming for Raspberry Pi: A Hands-On Guide to Electronics and IoT Projects” is now available as a softcover and hardcover book through Amazon, in addition to the Kindle ebook and pay-as-you-wish on @leanpub.bsky.social. webtechie.be/post/my-book... #Java #JavaOnRaspberryPi #Pi4J

My Book 'Java Programming for Raspberry Pi' is Now Available as Softcover and Hardcover on Amazon · webtechie.be

Java Programming for Raspberry Pi is now available in print via Amazon KDP, in both softcover and hardcover. How it got there, and why this edition stays …

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I released #Lottie4J v1.2.5 with many rendering accuracy fixes! The #JavaFX animations are now more closely aligned with the official @lottiefiles.bsky.social web player. Most test files reach the 99,5% similarity goal. All info on: lottie4j.com/status/2026/...

Lottie4J 1.2.5: Rendering Accuracy Fixes - Lottie4J

2026-07-09 by Frank Delporte 1.2.5 Is Out Lottie4J 1.2.5 is released, and it’s almost entirely the payoff from the work described in Closing the Visual Gap with the Official Lottie Webplayer: once the...

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Looking at MIDI music is now possible in multiple languages with v1.1.0 of MelodyMatrix. And the website got totally reworked, is more flashy now, and also available in multiple languages. melodymatrix.rocks More updates coming soon... #Java #JavaFX #Hugo #MIDI #Music #LookAtMusic #MelodyMatrix

MelodyMatrix — MIDI Recording & Visualization

Plug in your keyboard, hit record, and watch every note explode into fireworks, piano rolls, charts and light. MelodyMatrix turns raw MIDI into a live visual show.

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Frank Delporte @frankdelporte.be shows how to improve Lottie4J's rendering to match the official web player. A detailed look at bridging animation differences in Java. foojay.io/today/closin... #Java #Lottie #Animation

Closing the Visual Gap Between the Official Lottie Webplayer and Lottie4J - foojay

A Lottie library is only as good as its output looks. If an animation renders differently in Lottie4J than it does in the official web player, that's a - by Frank Delporte

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We've made some updates to Foojay! @payaracommunity.bsky.social and @frankdelporte.be share what's new after a week of housekeeping: from menu improvements to content changes. foojay.io/today/a-week...

A Week of Housekeeping: What Changed on Foojay.io - foojay

Running a community website is a bit like maintaining a codebase: the content that matters most is never completely done. And if you don't schedule - by Dominika Tasarz

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The @devoxx.com CFP is open, and you have until July 17 to submit: dvbe26.cfp.dev You do not need to be a famous speaker. If your work helped you, it will help someone in the audience. Need help with your abstract? @bejug.bsky.social is here for you. Ping us or mail belgian.jug@gmail.com

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to @cryptomator.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy @rgiskard7.bsky.social @frankdelporte.be Helal Anwar Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

There are many ways to run the @azulsystems.bsky.social Zulu Builds of OpenJDK (JVM) in containers. You can use Docker, Paketo, Chainguard,... I have summarized everything in a single technical article: www.azul.com/articles/azu... #OpenJDK #Java #JVM #Container #Docker #Azul

Azul Zulu in Containers: Docker Official Images, Image Variants, and Build Approaches

Using Azul Zulu in Docker and Paketo containers: Container Build Guide.

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New blog post: Closing the Visual Gap Between the Official @lottiefiles.bsky.social Webplayer and #Lottie4J. Frame-by-frame diff testing, new reference renderer, and rendering fixes for gradients, mattes, easing & text. 99.5%+ similarity! 👉 webtechie.be/post/closing... #Java #JavaFX #Lottie4J

Closing the Visual Gap Between the Official Lottie Webplayer and Lottie4J · webtechie.be

How Lottie4J closes the gap with the official Lottie web player: frame-by-frame comparison, JavaFX rendering fixes for gradients, mattes, and easing.

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