Beginning JavaFX

This book teaches the fundamentals of JavaFX scripting, desktop and mobile platforms. It details Rich Internet Application (RIA) examples using JavaFX Graphics and details how JavaFX gives dynamic Java effects in RIA application development.

The open source JavaFX platform offers a Java-based approach to rich Internet application (RIA) developmentan alternative to Adobe Flash/Flex and Microsoft Silverlight. At over 100 million downloads, JavaFX is poised to be a significant player.

Written by a JavaFX engineer and developer, this book is one of the first on the JavaFX platform to give you the following:

• The fundamentals of JavaFX scripting on desktop and mobile platforms
• Examples of RIAs using JavaFX Graphics

• Media and animation using JavaFX
  See how JavaFX gives you dynamic Java effects in your RIA development.

  One of the first books and tutorials on the likely new open source JavaFX 2.0. Written by JavaFX engineer/developer; so, book will be authoritative. JavaFX is a significant player at over 100 million downloads, and is comparable to emerging Silverlight and established Adobe Flash. RIA remains an important and fairly hot meme in Web developers market.

  Autorentext
  A. Lawrence Prem Kumar has more than 5 years of experience in Java and J2EE. Since 2005, he's worked for Sun Microsystems. Presently, he is working on Java FX, focusing particularly on Java FX graphics.

  Inhalt
  to RIA.- to JavaFX.- Data Types.- Operators and Expressions.- Functions.- Class Definitions.- Access Specifiers.- Inheritance.- Data Binding.- Sequences.- Triggers.- to JavaFX UI Elements.- to Animation.