The first question is what is JavaFX?
“JavaFX is a family of software products for creating rich Internet applications, web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications, including interactive multimedia applications. The JavaFX products can build applications for desktop, mobile, TV and other platforms.
The primary component of JavaFX is JavaFX Script, a declarative language intended to make Swing easier to use for interface programmers or visual designers familiar with scripting languages. In JavaFX Script, the structure of the programming code is supposed to closely match the layout of the GUI.
The other component is JavaFX Mobile, a Java operating system for mobile devices, including PDAs, smartphones and feature phones. It features a Java SE and Java ME implementation running on top of a Linux kernel.
Most scripting languages are oriented at banging out Web pages. This is oriented around interfaces that are highly animated. —James Gosling, [1]
There are parts of the world where a person’s desktop computer is their cell phone, and that’s the kind of end point that we’re going to get to, —James Gosling, [2]
JavaFX is anticipated to compete on the desktop with Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, OpenLaszlo, and Microsoft Silverlight. It may also target Blu-ray Disc’s interactive BD-J platform, although as yet no plans for a Blu-ray release have been announced.”
So says wikipedia
Here is an interview with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, “Three reasons you need JavaFX”. A good read.
Here is a good over of JavaFX from ZDNET press release regarding version 1.0. “Sun Launches JavaFX 1.0″
Tags: Development, JavaFX
