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Someone created a version of #FidoCadJ that runs on a browser. That's amazing!!!

https://dantecpp.github.io/FidoCadJS/

I'm very happy to see that the project continues to be appreciated. #electronics #diy #opensource

In any case, the biggest issue with long-running projects is software rot. I wrote first code that became #FidoCadJ between 2006-2007. I'm glad I always tried to minimize the software dependencies. At the time I didn't realize that, but being in control of much of what the software does ultimately saved a ton of work. You have to cope with limitations, of course, but this is the way to go. You also have to keep the complexity under control, and this is a good thing. #softwarerot #opensource

After many months, I finally updated the #FidoCadJ. I stripped the Hugo version (that I couldn't maintain) to revert towards the simplest static site one can possibly imagine: https://fidocadj.github.io/FidoCadJ/ It contains a short description the links to download the program on GitHub and that will be enough for the moment. #opensource

We released a few weeks ago a preliminary version of #FidoCadJ here: https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ/releases/tag/v0.24.9beta

I just updated the #macOS application.

FidoCadJ is an #OpenSource #GPLv3 drawing program with a large library of symbols for #electronics. It is appreciated for the #DIY in particular in Italy, but used (and translated) worldwide.
Here is the project page on GitHub: https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ

We plan to release stable version 0.24.9 soon:
It's a good time to test it and help us with a feedback!

Wow! The German translation of the #FidoCadJ user interface has been completed in record time! We still need help for many languages, though:
https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3Atranslation

(I know that someone is working on the Spanish translation) #OpenSource #HelpWanted #translation #UserInterface

If you want to participate to an #GPLv3 #OpenSource project, there are a certain number of user interface resources in #FidoCadJ that need to be translated in various languages: https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3Atranslation #HelpWanted #Translation #UserInterface

This evening, I tweaked a little the colours for the user interface of FidoCadJ. In particular, the name of the layer and the icon that indicates if it is visible or not were always written in black. This was not visible enough with the dark mode. Now it should be OK. #OpenSource #FidoCadJ #UserInterface #Development

BTW, if you want to test the release candidate of #FidoCadJ, do it now! We are planning to release the stable version as soon as we get enough feedback and we are confident that enough bugs have been ironed out. We would like to have a feedback also about the release process, too. #opensource #ElectronicsDIY #Electronics

BTW, if you want to test the release candidate of #FidoCadJ, do it now! We are planning to release the stable version as soon as we get enough feedback and we are confident that enough bugs have been ironed out. We would like to have a feedback also about the release process, too. #opensource #ElectronicsDIY #Electronics

BTW, if you want to test the release candidate of #FidoCadJ, do it now! We are planning to release the stable version as soon as we get enough feedback and we are confident that enough bugs have been ironed out. We would like to have a feedback also about the release process, too. #opensource #ElectronicsDIY #Electronics

BTW, if you want to test the release candidate of #FidoCadJ, do it now! We are planning to release the stable version as soon as we get enough feedback and we are confident that enough bugs have been ironed out. We would like to have a feedback also about the release process, too. #opensource #ElectronicsDIY #Electronics

BTW, if you want to test the release candidate of #FidoCadJ, do it now! We are planning to release the stable version as soon as we get enough feedback and we are confident that enough bugs have been ironed out. We would like to have a feedback also about the release process, too. #opensource #ElectronicsDIY #Electronics

We could release the first preliminary version of #FidoCadJ 0.24.9! It is available here:

https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ/releases/tag/v0.24.9beta

It is almost a release candidate, so if you spot any problem, let us know!

It seems I got the #Starstruck bronze badge on #GitHub recently: https://github.com/DarwinNE #opensource #fidocadj

It seems I got the #Starstruck bronze badge on #GitHub recently: https://github.com/DarwinNE #opensource #fidocadj

It seems I got the #Starstruck bronze badge on #GitHub recently: https://github.com/DarwinNE #opensource #fidocadj

It seems I got the #Starstruck bronze badge on #GitHub recently: https://github.com/DarwinNE #opensource #fidocadj

It seems I got the #Starstruck bronze badge on #GitHub recently: https://github.com/DarwinNE #opensource #fidocadj

The development of #FidoCadJ continues, we have a preliminary version available for upcoming version 0.24.9 soon.
In the meanwhile, here is the star history. We see the Covid effect, but it is pleasing to see that the growth is quite steady! #OpenSource #GitHub

Fourth step: I finally understood how to generate a token to push changes in the #FidoCadJ repository, now that it is part of an organization. It took a certain effort as the whole infrastructure is complex, there is a ton of obscure jargon (I am an EE guy, not a software engineer) and the documentation is written in a way that it supposes you already know how the whole stuff works 😩 #opensource We are currently two people in the organization and a third one should join us soon 👍 #github

Third step: the website has moved, as it was contained in the
#FidoCadJ repository. This is the new address: http://fidocadj.github.io/FidoCadJ/index.html #opensource There will probably be quite a few links to update.

Second step, this is the big one: I transferred the ownership of the #FidoCadJ to the newly born #FidoCadJ organization:

https://github.com/FidoCadJ/FidoCadJ

#opensource

First step, I created an organization called #FidoCadJ https://github.com/FidoCadJ

I am gathering information about the process, but unless I learn something that would be a no no point for me, I will transfer the DarwinNE/FidoCadJ towards the new organization. I need to be cautious, as this project still represents a huge share of my spare time for many years.

I invited another person who is currently working on the project so I will eventually grant them access to the repository. #opensource

I opened a discussion on the italian forum ElectroYou about the future of #FidoCadJ, the #opensource project I started in 2007 and animated since. It is still a personal project on GitHub (under my personal account, DarwinNE) and I would like now to create an organization and transfer FidoCadJ to it. https://www.electroyou.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92739&p=1002206#p1002206 I think it is important now, as FidoCadJ is not anymore a solo project and the time has come to let it grow independently from me. #community #development #java

@tedyapo why embarassed? If xfig fits your needs where’s the problem? “New” does not mean “better” in every situation 😊Btw, with #FidoCadJ I sometimes export on SVG to modify the drawings with #Inkscape.

I tried to solve issue 220 of #FidoCadJ: https://github.com/DarwinNE/FidoCadJ/issues/220

The #macOS version now does include the new bundle configuration file that should allow to open FidoCadJ files with a simple click on them:

https://github.com/DarwinNE/FidoCadJ/releases/tag/v0.24.8

I did not have to modify the main code of the program, but just the bundle information file. I hope it works.

#OpenSource #Programming #macOS

I'm happy to announce that #FidoCadJ will support soon the dark mode 😍 #OpenSource #Electronics

I spent the last two days reviewing code for several pull requests on the #FidoCadJ project.
It is nice to see that it still interests some people! https://github.com/DarwinNE/FidoCadJ #OpenSource #gpl3

There is something I'd like to correct and it is that I use System.exit(1); in some places to exit from #FidoCadJ. #SpotBugs is not very happy about it, but I haven't found an alternative to fix this issue. #Java

Reduced the number of issues to 0 (#PMD 7.0 Java quickstart rule sets). Well, that was quite a work. I hope the #FidoCadJ code is better, now. #opensource

I started working again on #FidoCadJ. For the moment, I'm just doing some #refactoring of the code. I upgraded #PMD from 5.0 to 7.0 and there are a lot of new issues that need to be addressed. Many are trivial, but some will require some thought. In any case, I started with 2200 issues and I am now at about 1300. #opensource https://github.com/DarwinNE/FidoCadJ

A thing on which I worked for 10 years is #FidoCadJ. It is an #OpenSource project, a tiny vector drawing application written in #Java, with a library of symbols dedicated to #electronics. Despite the name (that has a sort of a historical origin tracing back to the Italian Usenet), it is not a fully fledged #CAD program. It is just a very simple and very fast way to draw a schematic. It works well to put a clear and uncluttered schematic in a slide or a paper. A link: https://darwinne.github.io/FidoCadJ/