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INTRODUCTION TO

JAVAFX
Andrei Stanica
(modified ltt)

CS12420 Software Development

Overview

What is JavaFX
History
Why use it
JavaFX or Swing/AWT
Examples

What is JavaFX

A media/graphics framework for creating


GUIs in Java applications
Based on Swing and AWT
More powerful
Used to create both desktop and web
applications
Like Swing draws its own components, less
communication with OS
Lightweight and hardware-accelerated
Makes use of FXML new XML-based markup language for defining UIs

History

First announced in May 2007 by then


Sun Microsystems
Released in December 2008
Originally brought as a response to Flash
and Shockwave
But also to improve ease of creating
GUIs for Java applications
Latest release is JavaFX 2.2

History

With the latest release Oracle added


numerous features:

Linux and Mac OSX support


Multi-touch events and gestures
Image manipulation easier with built-in API
Bundled with Java SE 7 update 6
Big number of new and enhanced UI
controls, charts and containers
Many more

Why use it

Why use it

Why use it

Oracle provides you with JavaFX Scene


Builder

Visual UI design tool


No need to spend n-hours anymore on trying to
move a button a little bit to the left

Ability to apply CSS on the components of the


UI opens a door for better looking applications
that are more attractive to the end-user
Soon 3D support (possibility of games
cropping up) and iOS and Android support
promised by Oracle

JavaFX Script and FXML

Before version 2.0, JavaFX made use of


JavaFX Script
JavaFX Script proprietary scripting
language deprecated

JavaFX Script and FXML

From 2.0 onwards, FXML has been


introduced

More powerful and XML-based


All developers have knowledge of XML

FXML declarative XML-based language

JavaFX or Swing/AWT

Less

IDEs provide support for GUIs in Swing but in FX this is


provided by Scene Builder which is part of distribution

JavaFX or Swing/AWT

More

This is Scene Builder running

JavaFX or Swing/AWT

GUIs are created a lot faster than in Swing and


AWT
More sophisticated and aesthetically pleasing
UIs
Easy integration of sounds, images and videos
and of web content
Code is simplified in JavaFX by separating the
UI from the logic of the application
JavaFX can be integrated in Swing applications,
allowing for a smoother transition

Examples

Demonstration of JavaFX (use chrome)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/jav
afx/samples/index.html

Java SE 7, JavaFX, JavaFX Scene Builder


and examples to get you started can be
found here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/jav
afx/downloads/index.html

Other Useful Links


http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/overview/j
fxpub-overview.htm description

http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/index.
html API

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