Diagrams as Code: Mermaid Support on the new Foojay
Foojay articles now render Mermaid diagrams from a fenced code block. Write the diagram in Markdown, get a real diagram, and keep it …
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61 viewsAsciiDoc Support on the new Foojay
Foojay articles can now be written in AsciiDoc as well as Markdown. Named blocks, real tables, source callouts and admonitions — the things …
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324 viewsAnnouncing The New Foojay
Foojay has a new home: a static, open-source site where publishing an article is a pull request. Same URLs, same archive, much faster, and …
212 viewsFoojay Podcast #101: Java 27 in Practice: Smaller Heaps, Smarter Defaults, and Valhalla on the Horizon
Simon Ritter on JDK 27: compact object headers, G1 everywhere by default, post-quantum TLS, monthly security updates, and Valhalla's first …
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161 viewsFeatured Foojay Authors for September 2026: Marit van Dijk and Graeme Robinson
Our Featured Authors for September are Marit van Dijk and Graeme Robinson. Here is what they write about, and where to start reading.
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208 viewsJavaFX Links of August 2026
Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of August 2026. We took a summer break, so there was only one "Links Of The Week" this month, and it …
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418 viewsAzul August 2026 Release: Java's First Monthly CSPU
If someone discloses a 0-day CVE the day after a quarterly update, you could wait up to three months for a patched build. That gap is closed …
Frank Delporte
379 viewsSheetmusic4J 0.0.3: ABC Notation, Guitar Pro, Engraving Improvements
Last week I introduced Sheetmusic4J, a Java(FX) library to render and interact with sheet music. That first 0.0.1 release was really a …
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536 viewsJavaFX Links of July 2026
Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of July 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything …
Frank Delporte
296 viewsIntroducing Sheetmusic4J, a Java(FX) Library to Render and Interact with Sheet Music
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: …