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JavaFX Q&A

To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...

Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

How to Create Translucent and Shaped Windows

JavaFX Script is a capable new language that offers a set of APIs for creating RIAs. It also provides the user with access to the rich features of the standard Java language. One of the major features introduced in the Java SE 6u10 release is the ability to create translucent...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Window, Microsoft Windows, JavaFX Script, Construction, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-08-01

Learning Curve Journal, Part 1: Exploring JavaFX Script

JavaFX Script is a new scripting language that developers can use to create dynamic graphical content. On the desktop, the language provides libraries to help the developer use the Swing User Interface UI toolkit and Java 2D APIs conveniently. It doesn't replace either Swing or Java 2D; the goal is...

Tags: Developer, Rich Content, JavaFX Script

White papers 2008-07-01

Creating Rich Internet Applications With Compiled JavaFX Script Technology

The JavaFX family of technologies currently contains two products: the JavaFX Script and the JavaFX Mobile platforms. The latter is a platform for mobile phones and other mobile devices. The focus of this series of papers is the JavaFX Script programming language, a simple and elegant scripting language that leverages...

Tags: Mobile, Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, JavaFX Script, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Advertising & Promotion, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing

White papers 2008-01-01

Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)

At JavaOne today, Sun announced a new Java scripting environment and a new Java platform of tools and software that it plans to make consistent across everything from cell phones to desktops for "all of human kind." So is Suns newly unveiled JavaFX really a Microsoft Silverlight killer? Its...

Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), Expression Studio, Development tools, Corporate strategy, .Net Framework

Blog posts 2007-05-08

JavaFX headlines JavaOne

Sun has joined the club of companies building platforms for Rich Internet Application RIA platforms with JavaFX. The company hopes to give Java, which is in the process of being open sourced by Sun, a boost with the FX twist, joining Adobes Flash and Apollo and Microsofts Silverlight as a...

Tags: Sun, General

Blog posts 2007-05-08

JavaFX takes center stage at JavaOne

Sun is set to shake up the world of software development with the unveiling of JavaFX, a new product family that will cover a complete spectrum of development from the desktop to the Web to mobile devices. Formerly referred to by the codename "F3", the JavaFX platform will rejuvenate the...

Tags: Sun, Scripting, Programming, Java, General, Community

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Sun enters the Rich Internet Application world with JavaFX

Infoworld is reporting that Sun will announce JavaFX on Tuesday which will be a response to the growing popularity of technologies like Ajax, Flash and Silverlight. The platform uses the Java runtime and a scripting language called JavaFX Script which is "focused on the content-authoring and content creation crowd....

Tags: Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, JavaFX, Flash, Ajax, Adobe

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Additional Resources

Inside Microsoft's radical, new Web browser

Inside Microsoft's radical, new Web browserNoScript with ABE?So this is like NoScript with ABE?How can the operating system go away?Are these Operating System haters going to write an OS for every application, including their precious web browsers? Do these so-called "futurists" want to regress back to 1950's computing? The...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?

JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?Crutches have their placeMy biggest complaint against C has always been that it makes it too easy to write buggy code.That said, given what JS is used for, what you describe appears to be severely overwrought.RE: JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?I disagree, having classes...

Tags: Scripting languages, C#, Programming languages, OOA/OOD/OOP, JavaScript, Crutches, Javascript 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Using the Scene Graph to Present Visual Objects in JavaFX Script

This paper introduces a demo application written in the JavaFX Script programming language hereafter referred to as JavaFX. The demo called Nodes provides functionality which became available due to the Scene Graph project. To run the demo one needs to have Java SE 6 Development Kit JDK installed on the...

Tags: JDK, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-07-01

Learning Curve Journal, Part 3: JavaFX Script Functions

Use functions to add behavior to JavaFX applications. UI components have attributes that map to functions. One can define those functions to handle UI events such as action, onMouseClicked, and onKeyTyped. Functions have the additional property that they reevaluate their parameters and referenced variables within their function body. One can...

Tags: Function, Attribute

White papers 2008-07-01

Learning Curve Journal, Part 4: Accessing a Web Service

This Learning Curve Journal series introduced a number of basic concepts and techniques to help one get started using the JavaFX Script programming language shortened in this series to JavaFX Script. This paper demonstrates how to use JavaFX Script to access a web service. In doing that, it also showed...

Tags: Web, Sun Microsystems Inc., Web Service, Series, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Java, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-07-01

Learning Curve Journal, Part 2: Declarative User Interfaces

Having used the Java programming language to define user interfaces for nearly a decade, the author's first experiences with JavaFX Script quickly highlighted a major difference between the two environments. Although programmers use procedural code to define the User Interface UI in the Java language, in JavaFX Script, one can...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-07-01

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-24

50 questions asked and answered on Android

At the very end of the Google I/O 2008 conference last week the Android development team hosted a great fireside chat on the new mobile platform. The session was free-form, completely driven by questions from the audience. Although Google was trying to keep mum on a number of issues, several...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Application, Google Android, Phone, Device, Platform, OEM, App, Question, Q., A., XMPP, A. Goal, A. Qemu, Thing Cert, Apk, UMA, A. Compatability, A. Distribution, Android Device, Linux, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun

Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from SunYou've got things mixed upMary,You clearly do not understand the Rich internet Applications space very well ...there a lot of mistakes in the article that i have to correct ...[b]"Sun is building on top of JavaFX"[/b]The more appropriate word here would...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaFX, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun

At the opening day of JavaOne on May 6, Sun officials began laying out their vision for a future cloud-computing platform, code-named Hydrazine, that Sun plans to field against competitive offerings from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others. Robert Brewin, Sun Chief Technology Officer and Distinguished Engineer, described...

Tags: Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hydrazine, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Using Java Objects Within JavaFX Programs

The seamless integration of JavaFX Script with pure Java code is one of the most interesting features of JavaFX Script. Using Java objects within JavaFX Script is simple, because JavaFX Script was designed with this feature in mind and the necessary instruments have been build into the language. This paper...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-05-01

Using UI Components in Compiled JavaFX Script Technology

The previous paper of this series, Creating Rich Internet Applications With Compiled JavaFX Script Technology, covered how to develop, compile, and run a simple JavaFX Script technology-based program. The paper examined the program in detail and discussed several JavaFX Script concepts. This paper builds on that information and contains an...

Tags: Program, Sun Microsystems Inc.

White papers 2008-04-01