- JavaFX is not yet available for Linux and OpenSolaris, at least officially. Still some fokls foud ways to get it up and running. Have a look at:
>> OpenSolaris (link) and
>> Linux (link) - Android, the Google Mobile Phone phone OS, is running on a Java platform, but not supporting JavaME applications. There is no official Netbeans plugin, but a Kenai project (link) that helps the NB folks to use their sweet environment. And you are wondering if JavaFX is going to run on Android ?
Last year Johnathan Schwartz and Rich Green at JavaOne:
(Besides this video I could not trace any information how to do it. Am I paranoid ? but SUN and Google not really collaborating on such topics ? - More info on the JavaFX Mobile launch (link)
- Updating Netbeans JavaFX plugin 1.1 and getting this ?
You are not alone ! I try to get the update for the last few days and always get this error. The only really annoying thing in NB at the moment (for me).
JavaFX News
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Tags: android, google, javaone, netbeans, plugin
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JavaFX 1.1 released
13 02 2009Earlier than I expected it, but the new SDK version was released yesterday. Now shipping with the new JavaFX Mobile Support.
More infos at www.javafx.com (link) or Netbeans Website (link).
If you are a Netbeans user and download the earlier version of the plugin, just visit your plugin page and reload available plugins.
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Future of JavaFX
31 01 2009I guess 2009 will be a very important year for JavaFX to get rolling faster. Most important milestones for this year:
- JavaFX for Solaris and Linux (no news on this since about 2 months on this, link).
- JavaFX 1.1 with the first version of JavaFX Mobile (planned to be released in February at Mobile World Congress, link)
- JavaFX 2.0 (at JavaOne 2009?)
You noticed there are hardly (new) books on JavaFX ? I guess publishers want to avoid sitting on books like Silverlight 1.0 which is pretty useless once newer version were released. Some titles are announced for mid year release.
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Starting with JavaFX
30 01 2009For 2009 I decided one of the new technologies to poick up would be JavaFX. Always interested in RIA, only now I can stay in the Java family creating fancier applications than with Swing only. JavaFX is not matured yet, even it is released for production as version 1.0. I guess there is lot of stuff coming up with future releases. On of the catches currently is th elack of IDE that lets you visually creates JavaFX applications, you still need to create more or less manually the objects (buttons, textbox,..) on the screen. But I am 100% sure that some upcoming release of Netbeans or a plugin will allow this similar to place javabeans on a JSF page.
How to get started ? There are some pages with downloads and tutorials that I already listed in earlier posts (JavaFX 1.0 released, JavaFX Get Started ). Today I want to highlight 2 additional resources that are worth visiting.
- James Weavers JavaFX Blog (link)
- The JavaFX Online Seminar (free) by Sang Shin and James Weaver on Javapassion.com (link).
A very different approach of training because it is rather online and not with fancy webinars or webcasts, but providing all materials allowing you work at your own pace anytime. I will try this !
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JavaFX 1.0: Get Started
22 12 2008The few steps it took me to get started with JavaFX. I am using Netbeans 6.5, so the only thing to do is to select the plugins under Tools and reload the catalog for available plugins. Search for “javafx” and install the 4 plugins/packages.
You might run into this network related problem. It can be annoying because you eventually have to start the 45MB download again (and again), but that applies to all plugins.
Not all of the plugins have been successfully donwloaded..
After downloading and restarting the IDE you find 2 new sections in the “new peoject” screen. One for a skeleton JavaFX application and under samples a rather big number of preloaded samples to get you running. Read the rest of this entry »
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