In spite of JavaFX's steep learning curve, its "eye candy factor" convinced Lynden Inc. senior software architect Rob Terpilowski to leave Swing behind and use JavaFX to design rich user interfaces ...

We’ve discussed here before the brewing battle between Swing and JavaFX for the hearts and minds of desktop Java GUI developers. Will the two technologies develop in parallel, each with their own ...

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I’ll conclude with a hands-on exercise in creating a stock ticker application and deploying it (via the Java Deployment Toolkit) as an applet to the Google Chrome browser. Note that the discussion in ...

On Tuesday Sun Microsystems unveiled a new consumer-oriented product line called JavaFX, which among other things has a new language for interactive user interfaces (JavaFX Script). Sound a little ...