12.1 The Structure of a JavaFX Application
The top-level structure in a JavaFX application is the stage, which corresponds to a window. A stage can have one or more scenes, which are top-level containers for nodes that make up the window contents. A node can be a user interface control, such as a button or a drop-down list; a layout; an image or other media; a graphical shape; a web browser; a chart; or a group. In this chapter, we concentrate on user interface controls, layouts, charts, and images.
To create a JavaFX GUI, we add nodes to a scene. These nodes are arranged in a hierarchy, called a scene graph, in which some nodes are children of other nodes. The top node is called the root.
JavaFX applications can be built in several ways. ...
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