JavaFX and the macbook pro touchbar don't seem to get along.

2017-05-16 05:13:36.756 java[74340:51123711] *** Assertion failure in -[NSTouch normalizedPosition], /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppKit/AppKit-1504.82.104/AppKit.subproj/NSTouch.m:87
2017-05-16 05:13:36.757 java[74340:51123711] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Cannot get normalizedPosition for this type of NSTouch'

Ouch.

Is there an issue for it in the JDK bug database?

Well none of

touchbar

"touch bar"

and

normalizedPosition

get any hits

Add it 🙂

There has been a lot of small changes these last couple of days. I feel like we need a little more testing before the release.

I have just spent 10 minutes looking at java code

not understanding why it does not compile:

val name = script.subString(0, script.indexOf("."))

@kastork Will take a look at the viewStack issue tonight.

@edvin It looks like

onUndock

is being called multiple times per view per navigation action

sure

I'm changing

viewPos

to a calculated integer observable value

Finally nailed this one as well: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/issues/326

I think the release is ready, but we have constitution day here in Norway tomorrow, so I won't be able to react quickly in case of trouble. Will wait until Thursday.

is there anything like selenium for jfx?

I don't think so. TestFX is probably the closest you'll get.

@kastork I evaluated this commercial software from a swedish company. The tests seemed a little brittle but they worked. You used the tool to effect actions on the UI and interrogate the JavaFX controls. https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/general-info/supported-technologies/controls/javafx.html

The company didn't end using the product.

@carlw Wow, the supported view technology list is impressive

i use ready api all the time. i think there's a steeper than expected learning curve with testcomplete so that you don't wind up with a jumble of brittle tests

that's kind of a problem with recorded selenium tests too

I really like Geb for web testing -- the whole page model concept is brilliant

@carlw looks like an expensive set of kit -- but ready api looks very cool

@carlw thanks for the pointers

Is there a recommended way to convert a json file back to a list of JsonModel objects?

Or is something like this okay?

val inputStream = FileInputStream(Paths.get(dir.absolutePath+"/topics.json").toFile())
val jsonReader: JsonReader = Json.createReader(inputStream)
val topicList = jsonReader.readArray().toModel<Topic>()

@nyxcharon Yes,

loadJsonArray(path).toModel<Topic>()

🙂

@nyxcharon Some general tips: Your code above doesn't close the inputStream, so if you were to use such an approach you should wrap it in

inputStream.use {}

. The Java 8 Paths API provides a more concise way of doing line 1 from your example:

Files.newInputStream(Paths.get(dir))

. In any case, the

loadJsonArray

function solves these for you 🙂

@edvin After you posted #Issue 326 I thought

tornadoFx

should also support the

map

function from easyBind and then I realized we have already something like that for all binding types like

stringBinding

(There is nothing in the guide about the binding extensions functions will add some docs if I find some time this week)... I realized that I was writing way to much boilerplate code in my current app 🙈.. Every time I go through the

tornadoFx

code I find new awesome stuff 😉

@nimakro About 326 - I'm going to tip him of the ItemViewModel - it is often a much better solution than exotic manual bindings.