Using Oracle JavaFX tools for client-side application development is a mainstay of software architect Rob Terpilowski's work at Lynden Inc., a transportation services firm in Anchorage, Alaska, and ...

The JavaFX Preview release consists of the following components: The JavaFX Preview SDK (software development kit), which provides the JavaFX compiler and runtime tools, 2-D graphics and media ...

Sun Microsystems fulfilled last year's pledge to open-source Java by releasing its full Java Development Kit, and took steps to expand the Java ecosystem by announcing a new Java development ...

In this Q&A, Lynden Inc. senior software architect Rob Terpilowski explains why his team found JavaFX provided richer UI tools than Swing.

He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java ...

Alongside the support for JavaFX, version 8.0 also contains improvements for working with the tool in general, including a more lightweight setup for headless test execution and integration with ...

Sun Microsystems rolls out JavaFX to challenge Adobe AIR and Flex, as well as Microsoft Silverlight, in the highly competitive rich Internet application space. Java has always had many of the ...

Sun today announced that the JavaFX RIA development tools will ship this fall and that a version for developing mobile and video applications will be available early next year.

Yesterday at the annual JavaOne Conference, Sun announced the availability of JavaFX Script, the first component of a new suite of Java-based development tools intended to vastly simplify ...

Robert Smith and Tony McCrary discuss how the JavaFX 3D API works and lessons learned during the migration of an existing 3D tool to JavaFX 8's 3D API.

JavaFX 14 is available to help developers create cross-platform GUI applications with a single codebase. Improvements include HTTP/2 support with an embedded browser, controlled by native Java code.

In a mock debate focused on the rich Internet application development realm, AJAX was pitted against Sun Microsystems’ JavaFX Friday, with proponents for both technologies pointing up their ...