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Archived JavaFX Articles
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12 May 2010
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New User-interface Control Components in JavaFX SDK 1.2 [23065]
Part Two: Nodes and Buttons
Users of JavaFX SDK 1.2 now have a capability previously unavailable to them in the new set of user-interface control components featured in the release. These afford not only greater portability but allow programmers to create more compelling graphical capabilities, writes Robert Eckstein in his Sun Developer Network piece "JavaFX 1.2 UI Control Components: Part Two: Nodes and Buttons." Part One discussed new layout classes in JavaFX.
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07 May 2010
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JFXtras 0.6 [23045]
Third-party Library of JavaFX Add-ons
The open-source JFXtras project, which offers the largest third-party library of JavaFX add-ons, released version 0.6 in April. Java Champion Stephen Chin reviews the project's features like wipes, shapes, advanced layouts, and borders, among others, in a blog entry. He offers Web Start demos on some of the highlighted features, giving readers a first-hand look at JFXtras capabilities in action.
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26 Apr 2010
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JavaFX 1.3 Released [23088]
Offers Better User Experience, Significant Performance Improvements
In just a year and a half, JavaFX has grown significantly, and is continuing its improvements, as is evident in its latest release, version 1.3. Considered a significant update, JavaFX 1.3 features new and enhanced support for UI controls, CSS, and programmatic layout; a native JavaFX font family called Amble; support for the development of TV applications, including a new TV emulator; enhancements for mobile applications, with the availability of the mobile emulator on the Mac platform; support and improved editing features in NetBeans IDE 6.9 Beta; and new features and enhanced performance in JavaFX Production Suite.
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13 Apr 2010
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JavaFX and the Enterprise: A Good Match? [23033]
Java Champ Adam Bien Says It's a Go
Java luminary Adam Bien -- both a Java Champion and a Java Rock Star -- answers affirmatively the question he poses in a recent blog "Is JavaFX Ready for the Enterprise?" On his way to "yes" Bien poses 11 questions and provides answers that bolster his conclusion.
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19 Feb 2010
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A Glance at the New UI Layout Control Components in JavaFX 1.2 [22818]
Enables Developers to Create More Compelling Graphical Capabilities
"JavaFX 1.2 UI Control Components: Part 1, Layouts" by Robert Eckstein, java.sun.com senior staff writer, discusses the new user interface (UI) control components that are features of JavaFX SDK 1.2. He explains that these components replace those in earlier versions that were derived from Swing and that limited users to the desktop profile. The new control components, Eckstein writes, enable developers to create more compelling graphical capabilities with the JavaFX scene graph.
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