Finally ! a cool JavaFx example
Sun Microsystems announced JavaFX (their RIA platform) a year ago but till now all we had seen were some lame examples mostly because (I guess) the deployment platform for JavaFX wasn’t ready yet.
Sun’s yearly developer conference JavaOne is currently going on and it looks as though some cool stuff is being shown there. I saw a twitter from Dion Almaer (of Ajaxian fame) where he shared a video of a really cool demo .. even though the demo crashed a couple of times 
… it does tell you a lot about the platform…
Things I liked …
- Convert a web app to a desktop app, just by dragging it to the desktop (super cool !!)
- Same code running on browser, desktop and mobile (if you believe the demo
) - Hardware accelerated 3D
One big question I have to ask … is the web part an applet? does Sun really think people are going to get comfortable with applets again (even if the file size is now a lot smaller)?
Anyway its great to see how things are shaping up in the RIA world, if you want to learn more about JavaFX head to http://javafx.com or http://openjfx.dev.java.net/. here’s an image that presents a broad picture …
Do let me know what you think of JavaFX and how the RIA space is shaping up.
May 7th, 2008
Another question that comes to mind is when is this stuff going to available for building and deploying?
May 7th, 2008
Another question, is the 3D hardware accelerated even in the browser plugin?
May 7th, 2008
LOL !! .. I’m asking myself questions
May 7th, 2008
Ok so http://openjfx.dev.java.net/ says ..
“The first version of JavaFX for the browser and desktop will be delivered by Fall 2008. JavaFX for mobile devices follows in Spring 2009″
Sun’s taking way too long to get this stuff out.
May 7th, 2008
another question, where is the live app URL?
May 7th, 2008
JavaFX is just a new development model built on top of the “good old JRE” so the browser doesn’t really know whether the app was created in plain Java or in JavaFX. Update 10 of the JRE, as mentioned in the video, fixes several issues of the original applets but definitely not all of them. Therefore, JavaFX can be interesting to Java developers out there but I don’t thing it will be a big competitor of Flex or Silverlight.
Borek
May 7th, 2008
@fredo I don’t think they have made the live app available yet
May 7th, 2008
@Borek True, it is going to very hard for Sun to overcome the mental block people have against the use of applets
May 7th, 2008
Too bad, “We’re sorry, this video is no longer availbale…”
May 7th, 2008
Rob
It still seems available … try refreshing your page, youtube sometimes times out the player.
May 7th, 2008
Happy 100th blog post dude!
May 7th, 2008
Just being able to get all java developers (probably 10M out there) interested in JavaFX is already a huge plus. Adobe would kill to get that size of developer base. If Sun doesn’t screw this up (they may), JavaFX will be as popular as Flex and SilverLight.
May 19th, 2008
The first version of JavaFX for the browser and desktop will be delivered by Fall 2008. JavaFX for mobile devices follows in Spring 2009″
July 28th, 2008
So, if you were asked for improvements in the applet model, what would you ask for ? AFAI understand the same features will be available in the browser and the desktop app. that includes hardware accelerated 3D.
February 13th, 2009
Is there any commerical website currently out there that is using the JavaFX technology. Please provide the url.
March 3rd, 2010
Hi,
I need a sample Struts web application that uses JavaFX as the front end.
Can anyone kindly mail me samples to my id?
My id: chandrasekar_cse@yahoo.co.in
Thanks in advance,
Chandrasekar V.
March 3rd, 2010
Ritesh:
You can check this site.
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/