What is JavaFX?
“JavaFX Script is a declarative, statically typed programming language. It has first-class functions, declarative syntax, list-comprehensions, and incremental dependency-based evaluation.” JavaFX Script provides a declarative, non-procedural syntax for diverse operations such as creating 2D animations, setting properties or declaring binding dependencies between model and view objects (to name a few).
JavaFX is an expressive rich client platform for creating and delivering rich Internet experiences across all screens of your life. JavaFX 1.0 was released on December 4, 2008. As of June, 2009, there had already been over 400,000 downloads of the tools and SDK and JavaFX is available on over 250 million desktops. JavaFX is fully integrated with the Java Runtime and takes advantage of the performance and ubiquity of Sun’s Java Runtime Environment that is installed on literally billions of devices worldwide. In addition, JavaFX fosters a productive and collaborative developer-designer workflow. Developers and designers can use JavaFX to imagine, create and express a real experience that jumps out of the browser and into our day-to-day lives. JavaFX powerfully combines a scripting language (JavaFX Script), a rich client platform and a set of tools that enable a complete, productive and collaborative developer-designer workflow. Developers can start building expressive content with JavaFX
