Swing's javax.swing.JList component and JavaFX's javafx.scene.control.ListView control let you customize how their various cells are rendered. In this post, I show you how to accomplish these tasks.

JavaFX isn't hard to learn, and with the right IDE and a complete JavaFX tutorial to teach the core concepts, you'll be an expert in no time.

Terpilowski compares Swing and JavaFX, outlines the pros and cons of JavaFX and describes how his team is making the switch in this conversation, based on interviews with TheServerSide at and just ...