--- title: JavaFX In Action #1 with Pedro Duque Vieira, aka Duke... description: Frank Delporte launches a new video series 'JFX In Action' interviewing JavaFX developers. The first episode features Pedro Duque Vieira, who discusses his... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/javafx-in-action-1-with-pedro-duque-vieira-aka-duke-about-hero-pdfsam-fxthemes-fxcomponents--myxfqx4sf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JavaFX In Action #1 with Pedro Duque Vieira, aka Duke about Hero, PDFSam, FXThemes, FXComponents,... | daily.dev og:description: Frank Delporte launches a new video series 'JFX In Action' interviewing JavaFX developers. 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The first episode features Pedro Duque Vieira, who discusses his JavaFX applications including Hero (a CAD tool for energy efficiency) and PDFSam (a PDF editor with 100,000 downloads in April 2024). Pedro also covers his open-source JavaFX libraries — FXThemes, FXComponents, and Transit Theme — which have been used in notable projects including NASA mission design tools and an AI analysis application open-sourced by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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