javafx
replacement for swing, platform for Java GUI development
JavaFX was introduced in 2008 as a replacement for Swing, which up to that time, had been the primary development platform for GUI development in Java.
- Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaFX
There is some controversy as to whether JavaFX is a “dead” technology. The basis of calling is “dead” seems to be more around the notion that development of GUI apps on “desktop/laptop” type platforms is a dead-end—with the alternatives being webapps (based on HTML5) and mobile apps, i.e. Android).
But, if one accepts that notion of developing GUIs on a desktop as a reasonable thing to do, then JavaFX seems preferable to Swing.
Tutorials
- Oracle’s official JavaFX tutorial https://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/get_started/jfxpub-get_started.htm
- Quora answer with list of tutorials https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-tutorials-to-learn-JAVAFX
- http://www.javafxtutorials.com/
- http://www.guigarage.com/javafx-training-tutorials/
- http://www.canoo.com/blog/2013/01/08/learning-javafx-by-example/
Discussion of whether JavaFX is worth learning, dead or not, etc.
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- javafx: XQuartz on Mac—when JavaFX doesn't work over X11 forwarding on Mac, how to fix it