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.

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 Microsystems has released its JavaFX rich Internet application platform that puts the company in competition with Adobe and Microsoft in the RIA space. Despite its come-from-behind status, Sun ...

Programmers now can start trying out JavaFX for writing rich Internet applications--and seeing if it's worth using over Adobe's Flash and other alternatives.

Listening to Sun Microsystems heap accolades on its JavaFX multimedia application technology Wednesday evening almost obscured the fact that JavaFX faces quite a ...

Sun is announcing a Rich Internet Application technology, JavaFX, that looks to compete with Ajax, Silverlight and Flash. With so many Java developers out there, even a version as early as this ...

JavaFX isn't hard to learn. In fact, any developer with a little bit of object-oriented knowledge and a penchant for desktop development in Java can quickly put together a feature-rich GUI application ...