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JavaFX in Action
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JavaFX in Action

by Simon Morris
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
13h
English
Manning Publications
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About this Book

Perhaps it’s best to start by explaining one thing this book categorically is not: JavaFX in Action is not a retread of readily available online documentation. If you want that kind of thing, no doubt other books will suffice. In the age of search engines and IDEs with context-sensitive help, a complete list of functions for a given class is never more than a few keystrokes away. API documentation is plentiful—what’s usually lacking is an explanation of how the various classes fit together, and interact, to solve particular problems.

This book seeks to teach JavaFX from first principles through practical examples instead of merely repackaging API documentation. The opening third (chapters 1 to 3) introduces the platform and ...

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