JavaFX : Developing Rich Internet Applications

Straight from the source! Sun's official guide to using JavaFX to build rich GUI apps that run anywhere!- Learn how JavaFX simplifies and improves the entire rich Internet application development process - and enables easy deployment on the desktop, mobile devices, and the Web.- Make the most of JavaFX's powerful ready-built user interface components and frameworks.- An easy, accessible introduction for both developers and graphic designers Using Sun's exciting new JavaFX technology, developers and graphic designers can work together to build robust and immersive applications - and deploy them anywhere, from the web to the desktop to millions of Java-enabled mobile devices. Now, three Sun experts present the definitive, easy-to-use introduction to JavaFX Script: everything developers and designers need to get productive. The authors were among the first insiders to build full-fledged applications with JavaFX. In this book they introduce all essential aspects of JavaFX development. Readers will learn how JavaFX simplifies development while leveraging all the flexibility the Java platform can provide. They'll walk through creating and running JavaFX Script programs from both the designer's and developer's viewpoints; learn how JavaFX interacts with the Java platform; master JavaFX data integration, user interfaces, special effects and multimedia support; and much more. Building on the basics, the authors also cover several advanced topics, including the creation of today's increasingly popular RESTful applications. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience, they also present a full chapter of indispensable JavaFX design patterns. The book culminates with a start-tofinish case study application that utilizes a broad cross-section of JavaFX's capabilities.

Jim Clarke, principal technologist with Sun Microsystems, has spent twelve years developing with the Java platform. He has worked with JavaFX for more than two years and served on the JavaFX compiler team.

Jim Connors, a long-time member of Sun’s system engineering community, has spent a decade helping customers leverage Java technologies ranging from Java Card and Java ME to Java EE and JavaFX.

Eric Bruno, systems engineer at Sun, is author of Java Messaging (Charles River Media, 2005) and Real-Time Java™ Programming (Prentice Hall, 2009) and is currently contributing editor and blogger for Dr. Dobb’s Journal.