Oracle has released JavaFX 2.0, the biggest revamp of the development platform in years, and outlined plans to make it open source. The update will allow developers to create rich internet apps using ...

Consumers will soon be able to download the JRE for Mac OS X from Java.com, just as they do for all other operating systems, and Oracle will provide auto-updates for Mac OS X at the same time as for ...

JavaFX has undergone a remarkable transformation since its initial introduction, evolving from an experimental UI scripting framework to a mature, feature-packed platform for developing user ...

After grabbing lunch from the Mason Street Cafe, I headed to Hotel Nikko’s Nikko Ballroom III to attend “Introduction to the JavaFX Scene Builder” by Eric Le Ponner and Jean-Francois Denise (both of ...

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The key difference between Swing vs. JavaFX is that JavaFX is an actively maintained Java project that supports the development of modern, feature-rich GUI applications, while Swing is an older ...

While HTML5 is a solid challenger to rich-client frameworks like JavaFX, Java developers have reason to question current thinking that says native apps are out of the game. And for those claiming that ...