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Mandelbrot Set in Java

Posted on March 12, 2017 by felixzacat

Mandelbrot Set in Java with Iceberg Charts The Mandelbrot Set is one of the most famous images in all of mathematics. It is a set of complex numbers which do not escape when applied to a simple methematical formula. You … Continue reading →


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Iceberg Charts Beta Release

Posted on March 6, 2016 by felixzacat

Iceberg Charts finally has had its first release. This beta release can be found here : http://frontangle.com/icharts/ or from Github here : https://github.com/oliverwatkins/Iceberg-Charts/releases It’s taken me many hours to come up with this charting library that attempts to compete with JFreechart … Continue reading →


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Swing Bubble Charts

Posted on April 26, 2015 by felixzacat

Iceberg Charts also allows you to create bubble charts. Here’s an example I created : The chart displays all the states in the USA comparing ‘Gun Ownership’ against ‘Homicide Rate’. I got this data from Wikipedia, and set up the … Continue reading →


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Java Swing Equation Builder

Posted on March 29, 2015 by felixzacat

  A few years ago back in 2006 I created a Swing component called ‚Equation Builder‘. It builds equations in the natural visual style that you get when writing on paper. You can build some pretty cool looking equations like … Continue reading →


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Cool Accordian Outlookbar in Swing

Posted on February 16, 2015 by felixzacat

A while back I created a component that is a simple accordian component that can be used in any swing application. I have massively improved this component. Let’s have a look at it :   Improvements are : Animation! Yes … Continue reading →


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Swing Error Dialog with Exception Displayer

Posted on January 30, 2015 by felixzacat

When you get an error popup dialog in your application, sometimes you want to quickly have a look at what the exception is, instead of having to rummage around for a log file. This component, “ErrorDialogWithException” allows you to pop … Continue reading →


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Simple Login Dialog in Java Swing

Posted on January 23, 2015 by felixzacat

Here is a simple login dialog for anyone to use for free. It looks like this : Creating a login dialog is not rocket science, however I come across login dialogs all the time. It’s just nice to not have … Continue reading →


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Creating a RCP Application in Netbeans – [Part 2]

Posted on January 3, 2015 by felixzacat

Adding a Module with Functionality. In our last tutorial we made a pretty bare bones application with nothing in it. We made two modules – a branding module that offers a splash screen and an application module that acts as … Continue reading →


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Row Number Column in JTable

Posted on December 30, 2014 by felixzacat

Ever wanted to have a number column in your JTable similar to Excel? This utility class I made takes in a JTable and appends a number column. Let’s take a look at it! The rendering of the number column matches … Continue reading →


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Bar Chart in Java Swing

Posted on March 22, 2014 by felixzacat

Update ! This bar chart compoment has now been moved into the Iceberg Charts project . Please use Iceberg Charts for a more complete charting experience. I’ve created a little Java component which creates bar graphs. It only displays bars … Continue reading →


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