Pro JavaFX 2: A Definitive Guide to Rich Clients with Java Technology

Table of Contents

1. Title
2. Contents at a Glance
3. Contents
4. Foreword
5. About the Authors
6. About the Technical Reviewer
7. Acknowledgments
8. CHAPTER 1: Getting a Jump Start in JavaFX
   1. JavaFX Can't Bring Rich-Client Java Back by Itself
   2. A Brief History of JavaFX
   3. Going to the Source: Oracle's JavaFX Web Site
   4. Accessing the JavaFX SDK API
   5. Obtaining the JavaFX SDK
   6. Other Available Tools
   7. Developing Your First JavaFX Program: “Hello Earthrise”
   8. Compiling and Running from the Command-Line
   9. Understanding the Hello Earthrise Program
   10. Developing Your Second JavaFX Program: “More Cowbell!”
   11. Surveying JavaFX Features
   12. Summary
   13. Resources
9. CHAPTER 2: Creating a User Interface in JavaFX
   1. Introduction to Node-Centric UIs
   2. Setting the Stage
   3. Making a Scene
   4. Handling Input Events
   5. Animating Nodes in the Scene
   6. Summary
   7. Resources
10. CHAPTER 3: Properties and Bindings
    1. Forerunners of JavaFX 2.0 Binding
    2. A Motivating Example
    3. Understanding Key Interfaces and Concepts
    4. Type-Specific Specializations of Key Interfaces
    5. Creating Bindings
    6. Understanding the JavaFX Beans Convention
    7. Summary
    8. Resources
11. CHAPTER 4: Building Dynamic UI Layouts in JavaFX
    1. Introducing JavaFX Reversi
    2. Dynamic Layout Techniques
    3. Creating Custom Regions
    4. Laying Out the Tiles Using a GridPane
    5. Aligning and Stretching with AnchorPane
    6. When to Use Different Layouts
    7. A New Perspective on Reversi: The JavaFX 3D Scene Graph
    8. Bringing Reversi to Life
    9. Summary
    10. Resources
12. CHAPTER 5: Using the JavaFX UI Controls
    1. Trying Out the JavaFX UI Controls
    2. Leveraging the JavaFX UI Controls
    3. Summary
    4. Resources
13. CHAPTER 6: Collections and Concurrency
    1. Understanding Observable Collections
    2. Using the JavaFX Concurrency Framework
    3. Embedding JavaFX Scenes in Swing and SWT Applications
    4. Summary
    5. Resources
14. CHAPTER 7: Creating Charts in JavaFX
    1. Structure of the JavaFX Chart API
    2. Using the JavaFX PieChart
    3. Using the XYChart
    4. Summary
    5. Resources
15. CHAPTER 8: Using the Media Classes
    1. The Foundation
    2. Supported Media Formats
    3. Working with Audio Clips
    4. Working with Media
    5. Playing Audio
    6. Playing Video
    7. Summary
16. CHAPTER 9: Accessing Web Services
    1. Front-end and Back-end Platforms
    2. Merging JavaFX and Java Enterprise Modules in the Same Environment
    3. Using JavaFX to Call Remote (Web) Services
    4. Summary
17. CHAPTER 10: JavaFX Languages and Markup
    1. A Quick Comparison of Alternative Languages
    2. Making Your JavaFX Groovy
    3. Scala and JavaFX
    4. Visage, the JavaFX Language
    5. Constructing UIs with FXML Markup
    6. Summary
    7. Resources
18. APPENDIX: The Visage Language in Depth
    1. An Overview of Visage
    2. Variables, Values, and Their Types
    3. Primitive Types
    4. Working with Sequences
    5. Visage Expressions
    6. Object Literals
    7. Working with Data Bindings
    8. Working with Functions
    9. Working with Classes
    10. Organizing Visage Code
    11. Triggers
    12. String Formatting and Internationalization
    13. Leveraging Java from Visage
    14. Visage Reflection
    15. Resources
19. Index