Pro Javafx Platform

James Weaver Gao Weiqi Chin Stephen Weaver James L. Iverson Dean

ISBN 10: 1430218754 / ISBN 13: 9781430218753

Published by Apress, Incorporated, 2009

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pp. xxiii + 543 Illus. Seller Inventory # 6733731

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pro Javafx Platform

Publisher: Apress, Incorporated

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis:

The JavaFX technology and platform is essentially Sun's response to Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight. JavaFX lets developers play with the open-source scripting, desktop, and mobile APIs offered to create dynamic, seamless visual user interfaces (UIs) that are "Flash-like" and beyond . . . Learn from bestselling JavaFX author Jim Weaver and expert JavaFX developers Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, and Dean Iverson to discover the JavaFX technology and platform that enables developers and designers to create rich Internet applications (RIAs) that can run across diverse devices. Covering the JavaFX Script language, JavaFX Mobile, and development tools, Pro JavaFX Platform: Script, Desktop and Mobile RIA with Java Technology is the first book that fully provides JavaFX version 1.2 code examples that cover virtually every language and API feature. This book contains the following: Tutorials that teach JavaFX 1.2 to an application developer or graphics designer who has had no exposure to JavaFX. These tutorials will be exhaustive, covering virtually every facet of JavaFX Script and are fully updated for the JavaFX 1.2 release. Reference materials on JavaFX 1.2 that augment what is available from the JavaFX 1.2 Language Reference and API documentation. How to take JavaFX 1.2 to other platforms besides the desktop, such as mobile. Visit projavafx.com for more resources and information from the authors. What you'll learn Get started with JavaFX Script, including downloading the JavaFX SDK 1.2 and available tools. Express user interfaces with declarative scripting. Define classes, functions, and attributes. Use JavaFX 1.2 and associated tools so that an application developer and a graphics designer can effectively collaborate on an application. Uncover the JavaFX 1.2 language and APIs to whatever degree you choose. The tutorials, reference materials, and pointers to resources will be exhaustive. Have fun learning JavaFX 1.2

About the Author:

Jim Weaver is an author, speaker, teacher, and developer in rich Internet application technologies such as JavaFX, and may be contacted at jim.weaver@javafxpert.com.