Once upon a time, you had to go to a plumbing store to buy the stuff for a new sink. You’re going to need clamps, hoses, faucets… the works. An employee at the store with “Dave” on his shirt comes up and says, “I recommend the Really Simple Sink. I invented it, [...]

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It has been interesting to watch how the early adopters of JavaFX are catching on (or not) to the declarative approach of JFX scripting. The discussion of how the platform fits into a larger vision of Rich Internet Apps will have to wait, but in the meantime there are some interesting bits to [...]

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Sun’s recent introduction of JavaFX has created quite a stir in the Java community. There has been a flurry of activity on the new mailing lists and forums, but the wiki for the project on java.net is strangely static.
As it turns out, even though the source code for JavaFX is open, the official documentation [...]

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