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Pro JavaFXtrade Platform Script Desktop and Mobile RIA with Javatrade Technology
Author: James L. Weaver, Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, Dean Iverson

The highly anticipated JavaFX? technology and platform, including the latest version 1.2 update, is essentially Sun’s approach to Adobe Flash and Microsoft’s emerging Silverlight. JavaFX lets developers play with the open source scripting, desktop, and mobile APIs offered to create dynamic, seamless visual user interfaces (UIs) that ... more »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 highly anticipated JavaFX technology and platform that enables developers and designers to create 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 tha 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 because of the engaging and friendly style in which it is presented in this book. A lot of people have been waiting for a real 1.2 book to buy and this is it!

Summary of Contents

Getting a Jump Start in JavaFX
Taking a Closer Look at the JavaFX Script Language
Creating a User Interface in JavaFX
Using Functions, Classes and Other Advanced Features
Creating Custom UI Components in JavaFX
Using the Media Classes
Dynamically Laying Out Nodes in the User Interface
Extending JavaFX with Third-Party Libraries
Building a Professional JavaFX Application
Developing JavaFX Mobile Applications
Keywords and Operators

Who is this book for? General audience: application developers, graphic designers, and IT decision makers. Not only will this book contain technical information for developers and designers, it will build a compelling case for choosing JavaFX 1.2 for web applications and Rich Internet Applications. About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

ISBN-13: 9781430218753
ISBN-10: 1430218754
Publication Date: 7/21/2009
Pages: 568
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Apress
Book Type: Paperback
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