Using Oracle JavaFX tools for client-side application development is a mainstay of software architect Rob Terpilowski's work at Lynden Inc., a transportation services firm in Anchorage, Alaska, and ...

In this Q&A, Lynden Inc. senior software architect Rob Terpilowski explains why his team found JavaFX provided richer UI tools than Swing.

He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java ...

Alongside the support for JavaFX, version 8.0 also contains improvements for working with the tool in general, including a more lightweight setup for headless test execution and integration with ...

Sun Microsystems fulfilled last year's pledge to open-source Java by releasing its full Java Development Kit, and took steps to expand the Java ecosystem by announcing a new Java development ...

Sun Microsystems rolls out JavaFX to challenge Adobe AIR and Flex, as well as Microsoft Silverlight, in the highly competitive rich Internet application space. Java has always had many of the ...

Robert Smith and Tony McCrary discuss how the JavaFX 3D API works and lessons learned during the migration of an existing 3D tool to JavaFX 8's 3D API.

Yesterday at the annual JavaOne Conference, Sun announced the availability of JavaFX Script, the first component of a new suite of Java-based development tools intended to vastly simplify ...

Sometime this week, developers will be able to get their hands on a preview SDK (software development kit) for JavaFX, Sun's entry into the RIA (rich Internet application) framework wars ...

Gluon spoke recently to discuss cross-platform JavaFX applications running on computers and mobile devices. Examples include two games. Meanwhile, the ControlsFX team has released a new update ...

JavaFX, Oracle’s 10-year-old rich client development technology for Java, will be decoupled from the Java Development Kit (JDK) and broken out into its own separate module.