Pro JavaFX 2 Platform: A Definitive Guide to Script, Desktop, and Mobile RIA with Java Technology

The highly anticipated open source JavaFX™ 2.x platform release offers a new “Java way” of developing rich Internet applications (RIAs), similar to Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight 3. JavaFX 2.x lets developers play with the open source scripting, and provides desktop and mobile APIs to create dynamic, seamless visual user interfaces that can go beyond the capabilities of Flash.

Learn from best-selling JavaFX author Jim Weaver and expert JavaFX developers Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, and Dean Iverson to use the JavaFX platform to create RIAs that can run across diverse devices. Covering the JavaFX Script language, JavaFX Mobile, and development tools, this book provides code examples that cover virtually every language and API feature.

This book contains

• Tutorials that teach JavaFX technology to an application developer or graphics designer who has had no exposure to it. These tutorials are exhaustive and cover virtually every facet of JavaFX Script.
• Reference materials on JavaFX that augment what is available from the JavaFX Language Reference and API documentation.
• Information on how to use JavaFX technology on mobile platforms as well as the desktop.

What you’ll learn

• Get started with JavaFX Script, including downloading the SDK and available tools.
• Express user interfaces with declarative scripting.
• Define classes, functions, and attributes.
• Use JavaFX and associated tools so that an application developer or graphic designer can effectively collaborate on an application.
• Uncover the JavaFX language and APIs to whatever degree you choose. The tutorials, reference materials, and pointers to resources are exhaustive.
• Have fun learning about the JavaFX platform because of the engaging and friendly style in which the material is presented.

Summary of Contents

1. Getting a jump start in JavaFX
2. Taking a closer look at the JavaFX Script language
3. Creating a user interface in JavaFX
4. Using functions, classes, and other advanced features
5. Creating custom UI components in JavaFX
6. Using the media classes
7. Dynamically laying out nodes in the user interface
8. Extending JavaFX with third-party libraries
9. Building a professional JavaFX application
10. Developing JavaFX Mobile applications

Who is this book for?

General audience: Application developers, graphic designers, and IT decision makers. Not only does this book contain technical information for developers and designers, it builds a compelling case for choosing JavaFX for web applications and RIAs.