Pro JavaFX 9: A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients

© Johan Vos, Stephen Chin, Weiqi Gao, James Weaver, and Dean Iverson 2018

Johan Vos, Stephen Chin, Weiqi Gao, James Weaver and Dean IversonPro JavaFX 9https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3042-8_1

1. Getting a Jump-Start in JavaFX

Johan Vos¹ , Stephen Chin², Weiqi Gao³, James Weaver⁴ and Dean Iverson⁵

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Leuven, Belgium

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BELMONT, California, USA

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Ballwin, Missouri, USA

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Marion, Indiana, USA

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Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

 

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

—Howard Thurman

At the annual JavaOne conference in May 2007, Sun Microsystems announced a new product family named JavaFX. Its stated purpose includes enabling the development and deployment ...