FX Mini Studio

FX Mini Studio is a JavaFX desktop application demonstrating layouts, binding, graphics, images, fonts, and a reusable ClockPane component. Built as Lab 1 Assignment for JavaFX Basics.

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Running the Application
• Project Structure
• Resources
• Notes
• Screenshots

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Overview

FX Mini Studio is a multi-tabbed JavaFX application with:

1. Layout Playground – BorderPane, GridPane, FlowPane layouts.
2. Graphics & Binding – Shapes, property binding, rotation, styling, animations.
3. Images & Fonts – Image loading with ImageView, custom fonts, resizing.
4. Clock Widget – Reusable ClockPane with start/stop, style toggle, and bindable properties.

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Features

Layout Playground

• BorderPane:
  • Top HBox: Label, TextField, Add Button → adds to ListView
  • Center: ListView
  • Right: VBox with ComboBox (themes) and CheckBox (wrap toggle)
• GridPane: 2×2 form (Name, Email) + Submit button (prints to console)
• FlowPane: Buttons 1–6 demonstrating auto-wrap layout

Graphics & Binding

• Circle centered in resizable Pane
• Slider → uni-directional binding
• TextField ↔ Label → bi-directional binding
• Rotation slider and pulse animation
• Color ComboBox to dynamically change circle color

Images & Fonts

• ImageView with adjustable width (slider)

• Preserves aspect ratio

• Custom header font

• Robust error handling if file is missing

Reusable Component: ClockPane

• Analog clock with hour, minute, second hands

• Timeline updates every second

• Start / Stop buttons

• Light/Dark toggle

• Bindable properties: hour, minute, second, running, darkMode

• Fully reusable in any container

Code Quality & UX

• Clean OOP design, meaningful names, Javadoc for public methods

• Responsive layout

• Graceful error handling

Bonus

• External CSS for themes

• Secondary Stage: About dialog or preview window

Requirements

• Java JDK: 17+

• JavaFX SDK: 22+

• IDE: IntelliJ IDEA / Eclipse with JavaFX configured

• OS: Windows, macOS, Linux

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   • git clone

2. Open project in IDE

3. Configure JavaFX SDK

4. Ensure resource folder contains:

   • src/main/resources/image/sample.png

Running the Application

1. IntelliJ IDEA

   • Open HelloApplication.java

   • Right-click → Run

2. Eclipse

   • Import project

   • Add JavaFX SDK to build path

   • Run HelloApplication.java

3. Gradle / Maven

• Configure JavaFX dependencies

• Run using gradle run or mvn javafx:run

Resources

• JavaFX SDK: https://openjfx.io/

• JDK 17: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html

• JavaFX Javadoc: https://openjfx.io/javadoc/