Blitz News: JavaFX Desktop App

Overview

Blitz News is a JavaFX desktop application for news aggregation, featuring real-time RSS feed parsing, category-based filtering, and offline article caching.

With 4 stars on GitHub, this project demonstrates desktop application development patterns with Java.

Features

News Aggregation

• Multi-source RSS feed support
• Real-time feed refresh
• Configurable update intervals

Content Organization

• Category-based filtering
• Search functionality
• Bookmarking system

Offline Support

• Article caching for offline reading
• Image prefetching
• Sync status indicators

Technical Stack

• UI Framework: JavaFX with FXML layouts
• RSS Parsing: Rome library for feed processing
• Storage: SQLite for local caching
• HTTP: Apache HttpClient for network requests

Architecture

jfxProjects-newsApp/
├── controllers/     # FXML controllers
├── models/          # Data models
├── services/        # RSS and cache services
├── utils/           # Helper utilities
└── resources/       # FXML layouts, CSS

UI Design

• Clean, newspaper-inspired layout
• Dark and light theme support
• Responsive resizing
• Keyboard navigation

Screenshots

The application features:

• Main feed view with article cards
• Article reader with clean typography
• Settings panel for source management

Building & Running

git clone https://github.com/zOrOjUrO/jfxProjects-newsApp
cd jfxProjects-newsApp
mvn javafx:run

Learning Outcomes

• Desktop application architecture
• JavaFX component lifecycle
• RSS/XML parsing patterns
• Local data persistence