JavaFX's Application class is an essential part of every JavaFX application. Learn about the various capabilities that Application makes available.

JavaFX isn't a completely independent runtime; it is essentially designed as a layer that sits on top of Java in order to make Java better-suited for rich application development.

The following code listing provides the JavaFX 2 class (written in pure Java) used for the application. Note that much of this presentation layer code could have been written using FXML.

Also, using the new JavaFX mobile emulator, developers can preview their applications on the forthcoming JavaFX mobile platform, which will be available to Sun’s mobile partners in spring 2009.

I haven't done a very good job of covering JavaFX. Partly it's because I don't come from the Java world and so I still haven't totally grasped the full significance of the announcement.

Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday with a series of keynote presentations designed to showcase JavaFX, the company's new rich internet-application ...

He cited as a potential JavaFX use case an application in which a doctor uses a mobile phone to view an X ray; that is something that can barely be accomplished with technologies prior to JavaFX.

Developers can use JavaFX Mobile to easily extend their current Java ME mobile applications, games and solutions with expressive features and functionality.

Gluon spoke recently to discuss cross-platform JavaFX applications running on computers and mobile devices. Examples include two games. Meanwhile, the ControlsFX team has released a new update ...

Oracle unsurprisingly wants to continue improving Java Enterprise Edition, but the company also highlighted its commitment to improving client-side Web support and mobile application development ...