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Bridging the Gap in App Building: From uicontrol to UI Components

Posted by Adam Danz, August 19, 2025

Guest Writer: Jasmine PoppickJasmine works in documentation at MathWorks, both as a writer for the App Building area and as a Senior Team Lead for the Math area. Her first introduction to MATLAB... read more >>

Category:: App Building,; Demos,; New Features

Creating a Flight Tracking Dashboard, Part 3: Using Modular Application Development Principles to Assemble the Dashboard

Posted by Adam Danz, August 4, 2025

Are you ready to take your app building skills to the next level? This article walks through an advanced workflow for assembling a flight tracking dashboard. While the techniques covered are... read more >>

Category:: App Building,; Demos,; Graphics

A Guide to Themes for Chart Creators and App Builders 1

Posted by Adam Danz, July 22, 2025

The long-awaited dark theme is now available in MATLAB R2025a. This article serves as a guide for designing charts and apps in a specific theme or that adapt automatically to either theme. By... read more >>

Category:: App Building,; Charts,; Demos,; Graphics,; New Features

Dark Theme for Plots and Apps 1

Posted by Adam Danz, July 7, 2025

Guest Writer: Abby Skofield
We're excited to welcome Abby Skofield back to the blog! Abby has been at the forefront of bringing dark mode to MATLAB graphics and apps, and today she’s sharing... read more >>

Category:: Charts,; Demos,; Graphics,; New Features

Designing the New Figure Toolstrip Around User Experience 14

Posted by Adam Danz, June 30, 2025

Guest Writer: Travis Roderick

Travis joined MathWorks in 2013, bringing experience from previous roles in software development across the healthcare, finance, and storage network industries. He... read more >>

Category:: Demos,; Graphics,; New Features

Introducing the Tabbed Figure Container 9

Posted by Adam Danz, June 24, 2025

Guest Writer: Brian Knolhoff
Brian is a software engineer on the Figure Infrastructure and Services team at MathWorks. After first encountering MATLAB while calibrating radar systems, he now... read more >>

Introducing the New Graphics and App Building System in MATLAB R2025a 20

Posted by Adam Danz, June 10, 2025

Guest Writer: Chris Portal
Chris Portal serves as director of engineering for the MATLAB graphics and app building teams, delivering data visualizations, app building capabilities, and data... read more >>

Labeling Bars Made Easy 3

Posted by Adam Danz, May 16, 2025

Guest Writer: Benjamin Kraus Ben has been a Software Engineer on the MATLAB Graphics and Charting Team since 2015. Although his first exposure to MATLAB was in 2000 as an undergraduate... read more >>

Making even prettier graphs

Posted by Adam Danz, May 14, 2025

Guest Writer: Abby Skofield We're excited to welcome Abby Skofield back to the blog! Abby revisits the classic topic of "Making Pretty Graphs"—this time bringing a modern twist with some of... read more >>

Casting Shadows and Inverse Stereographic Projections 3

Posted by Adam Danz, March 11, 2025

Guest Writer: Eric Ludlam Joining us again is Eric Ludlam, development manager of the MATLAB charting team. Discover more about Eric on our contributors page. In the previous... read more >>