Podcast 249: Java goes to outer space
To infinity and beyond.
This week we talk through the nitty gritty of our day jobs and review the Java apps that had a big impact on our world, and beyond.
Episode Notes
From Mars rovers to Minecraft to the makeup of our DNA – these are some of the Java apps that may leave a mark on the world of software for decades to come.
Thanks to Hizbul25, our winner of the week, for answering a question and earning a lifeboat badge: query to order by the last three characters of a column.
If you want a written transcript of this episode, you can find it here.
Tags: dna, java, mars rover, minecraft, outer space
2 Comments
Hi.
First all, thanks to talk about java application in 2020 in this podcast.
I’m writing this comment because I think that in this podcast we don’t talk about all applications of the Java Swing framework.
For example, inside the article “The 25 greatest Java apps ever written” there is a Swing application called JMars developer by Arizona State University. This application import a Material Style with an open-source library called material-ui-swing.
I think that this two software need more focus because the work with the Java Swing framework is very big.
If you are interested to see how the software looks like, I will append now the link.
JMars podcast that explains the new UI: https://jmars.mars.asu.edu/podcast1
JMars site: https://jmars.mars.asu.edu/
Material-UI-Swing: https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/material-ui-swing
Isn’t Swing sort of outdated?
I’ve worked with Swing, and found it a bit torturous. If I were to choose a Java Framework today for building desktop applications, it would be JavaFX.