NASA Mission Software Development on the Eights: Java 8, JavaFX 8, and NetBeans 8

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One of the drone guys + his colleagues. 30 aerospace missions daily.

All java development. Flexible, agile, new talent, lifecycle bang for the buck.

Move to 8 seamless, worked out of the box.

Benefit to customers: modern, latest talent.

Demo of NetBeans Platform app.
Javafx3d globe scene satellite tracking.

Dscovr - Deep space climate observatory
Going to L1.
Had to use STK (jni), matlab (java). Made extensive use of NetBeans wizards. Plugins architecture helped.
Demo of app.
Using WorldWind.

Research software exploring Jupiter and moons gravity wells. Very complex. Lots of data.
Lots of visualizations.

Contact Analysis Visualization Tool
Demo
Nimbus dark L&F
Javafx scatter chart
Worldwind was swing in java fx app using lookups

Deep Space Mission Design
Going to Saturn's moon, calculate trajectory.
Demo
Using javafx Tasks to not block GUI.