JavaFX : Java Glossary

JavaFX
JavaFX Mobile is a platform for cell phones based on Java and Linux. JavaFX Script is a statically typed scripting languages for use in devices such as TV set top boxes. It handles GUI (Graphic User Interface)s by static declarations.

Sun is somewhat vague on just what JavaFX does. I suspect it allows you to write hybrid apps that will run unmodified standalone on a desktop, as Applets in browsers or in cell phones. JavaFX supports a way of doing 3D drawings without writing Java code, just parameters to describe geometrical objects, something like Pov-Ray (Persistence Of Vision Ray). NetBeans has special facilities for JavaFX. I have heard it described as stripped down Swing, an Ajax replacement, and a Java-based Flash.

I am reminded of an old Saturday Night live skit with Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd.
Wife: New Shimmer is a floor wax!
Husband: No, new Shimmer is a dessert topping!
Spokesman: Hey, hey, hey, calm down, you two. New Shimmer is both a floor wax and a dessert topping!

JavaFX supports JMC (Java Media Components).


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