Gradle

Modular samples for Visual Studio Code

JavaFX 17 samples to run from Visual Studio Code with different options and build tools.

Version Visual Studio Code: 1.63.0 or higher.

Download JDK 11 or later for your operating system. Make sure JAVA_HOME is properly set to the JDK installation directory.

Gradle

For the first time only:

• Make sure you have installed following extensions in your Visual Studio Code:

  • Extension Pack for Java
  • Gradle for Java

• Clone the sample, open the folder hellofx in Visual Studio Code.

To run the JavaFX application, you can open the Gradle Projects explorer, expand hellofx > Tasks > application and run the Gradle task: run.

Or alternatively run from terminal:

On Linux or Mac run:

cd IDE/VSCode/Modular/Gradle/hellofx
./gradlew run

On Windows run:

cd IDE\VSCode\Modular\Gradle\hellofx
.\gradlew.bat run

Custom Runtime

To create and run a custom JRE, you can open the Gradle Projects explorer, expand hellofx > Tasks > build and run the Gradle task: jlink. The executable file will be generated at build/image/bin/hellofx (Or build\image\bin\hellofx.bat on Windows).

Or alternatively run from terminal:

On Linux or Mac run:

cd IDE/VSCode/Modular/Gradle/hellofx
./gradlew jlink
build/image/bin/hellofx

On Windows run:

cd IDE\VSCode\Modular\Gradle\hellofx
.\gradlew.bat jlink
build\image\bin\hellofx.bat