The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX 17: Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development

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S. Chin et al.The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7268-8_9

9. JavaFX, the Web, and Cloud Infrastructure

Stephen Chin¹  , Johan Vos² and James Weaver³

(1)

Belmont, CA, USA

(2)

Gluon, Leuven, Belgium

(3)

Marion, IN, USA

 

Written by Johan Vos, Bruno Borges, and José Pereda

Client applications, as the term itself already hints, are rarely self-contained. In order to function properly, they need to access other components, for example, server applications. JavaFX, being a Java framework, allows application developers to leverage the wide Java ecosystem. Libraries created for interacting with, for example, REST APIs, ...