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Frank Delporte | Java Champion | Technical Writer | Open-Source Enthousiast
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Java on Raspberry Pi · JavaFX desktop UIs · RISC-V single-board computers · JVM internals.
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A Fresh Design for webtechie.be
Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min
A Fresh Design for webtechie.be

This website grew over many years into more than 260 posts, 220 videos, 100 podcasts, and 60 presentations. The old design buried …

#writing
Lottie4J Meets LottieFiles: A Conversation with Naail Abdul Rahman
Jun 4, 2026 · 4 min
Lottie4J Meets LottieFiles: A Conversation with Naail Abdul Rahman

Lottie animations run on Android, iOS, and the web. Getting them working on the JVM is a different story. Lottie4J started as a …

#lottie4j#javafx#java
JavaFX Links of May 2026
May 29, 2026 · 8 min
JavaFX Links of May 2026

Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of May 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com . Did we miss anything? Is there …

#java#javafx#linksofthemonth
JavaFX Links of April 2026
Apr 24, 2026 · 8 min
JavaFX Links of April 2026

Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of April 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com . Did we miss anything? Is …

#java#javafx#linksofthemonth
Links from the JCON talk 'Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API on Raspberry Pi'
Apr 22, 2026 · 2 min
Links from the JCON talk 'Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API on Raspberry Pi'

These are the links from the JCON talk in Cologne, Germany, on April 22, 2026: “The Wait is Over: Foreign Function & …

#java#javaonraspberrypi#pi4j
Debugging BentoFX in MelodyMatrix with Matt Coley, Scenic View, and an Honest Look at AI-Generated Code
Apr 21, 2026 · 4 min
Debugging BentoFX in MelodyMatrix with Matt Coley, Scenic View, and an Honest Look at AI-Generated Code

There are bugs you can solve by yourself, and bugs where you just need to sit down with someone who knows the internals. This …

#java#javafx#melodymatrix
Testing Lottie4J JavaFX Animations in GitHub Actions Without a Display: JavaFX 26 Headless to the Rescue
Apr 20, 2026 · 6 min
Testing Lottie4J JavaFX Animations in GitHub Actions Without a Display: JavaFX 26 Headless to the Rescue

When I released Lottie4J 1.1.0 , I mentioned something a bit embarrassing in the release notes and this blog post : there was a …

#java#javafx#lottie4j
MelodyMatrix V1.0.0 Released: Shipping a JavaFX App with jDeploy, GitHub Actions, and Auto-Update
Apr 16, 2026 · 6 min
MelodyMatrix V1.0.0 Released: Shipping a JavaFX App with jDeploy, GitHub Actions, and Auto-Update

Some side projects take a while to get to a proper release. MelodyMatrix is one of those. The app has been downloadable for quite …

#java#javafx#melodymatrix
Validating Pi4J V4 on real hardware, catching bugs, and exploring the Ikalogic logic analyser
Mar 30, 2026 · 2 min
Validating Pi4J V4 on real hardware, catching bugs, and exploring the Ikalogic logic analyser

Pi4J contributor Tom Aarts joins Frank Delporte for a hands-on session focused on hardware testing in Pi4J V4. Tom has been a …

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