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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The Rich Media Wars has a new contestant in the arena. Joining Adobe’s Apollo/Flex and Microsoft’s Silverlight is Sun Microsystem’s newly-unveiled JavaFX.
JavaFX (code-named F3) is targeted for rich desktop/browser applications, and especially the mobile market. They are also open-sourcing the language from the beginning as openjfx, which is quite encouraging.
Demos of JFX are [...]

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