I definitively recommend Selenium, you can use it from .NET, supports different browsers, works in automatic builds and CI processes (we use it from CCNet). The code is stable. It has a few quirks, but after all they all do. Whichever tool you choose, I recommend making your own test facade class(es) around it. The … Read more
Xcode’s UI can be changed to completely dark with Xcode 10 running on macOS Mojave. Just go into System Preferences -> General -> Under Appearance -> Click the dark mode
Let’s pretend for a moment that the development/deployment/maintenance effort/cost is equal and we look at it from the application user’s perspective: Which UI is the user going to find more useful? in terms of Ease of use Responsiveness Familiar navigation/usage patterns Most like other tools/applications in use on the platform (ie, native) I understand that … Read more
My favorite graphical git-client is SourceTree (available for Windows and Mac). SourceTree can manage git and Hg (Mercurial) repositorys. By the way: SourceTree supports git-flow, is free for personal and commercial use and is made by Atlassian, the company behind BitBucket, Stash JIRA and other known products.
Microsoft NET’s WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a GUI-creation solution kind of similar to HTML + CSS. IMO, it is much more versatile than HTML, but still easy to use (and to create readable GUI code). Defining layout is as easy as this: <DockPanel> <Label Content=”Dock Panel Layout Demo” FontSize=”15″ FontWeight=”Bold” Background=”LightBlue” Foreground=”Blue” DockPanel.Dock=”Top”/> <Label … Read more
No. This is why most UI frameworks (Gtk, KDE, etc) use custom main loops to be able to listen for more event sources. Internally, XNextEvent uses a socket, so it calls select() to know when input is available. Call ConnectionNumber(display) to get the file descriptor that you need to pass select() That allows you to … Read more
ComboBox supports a cellFactory which allows essentially an arbitrary UI for displaying the item in each cell. ChoiceBox does not have this functionality and will only display text in each cell (which you can configure using a converter). See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/user-interface-tutorial/combo-box.htm#BABJCCIB listing 16.5 for an example of a custom cell factory in a combo box.
If you’re using Java 6 or above, see the Desktop API, in particular browse. Use it like this (not tested): // using this in real life, you’d probably want to check that the desktop // methods are supported using isDesktopSupported()… String htmlFilePath = “path/to/html/file.html”; // path to your new file File htmlFile = new File(htmlFilePath); … Read more
I was actually just sprucing up a dialog today. A lot of it depends on what kind of application you have, and what OS it is running on. A couple of these tips will certainly go a long way to jazzing things up. Ensure adequate spacing between controls — don’t cram them all together. Space … Read more