This 8-minute screencast introduces a new Internet technology called GVision. The subtle way in which it is presented may lead you to believe that this new open source project is just another clone of Desktop technologies such as Adobe Air, JavaF ... [read more]

The JavaFXpert RIA Exemplar Challenge deadline will be extended to 30 days after the JavaFX 1.3 SDK is officially released.  I'm making the deadline dependent upon the JavaFX SDK 1.3 release, because based upon presentations at Devoxx and the Si ... [read more]

This presentation is a hands-on introduction to JavaFX, focusing primarily on using the JavaFX Script language to drive interactive graphics using the JavaFX scene graph. I'll start with a "Hello, world" program and build it up piece by piece unt ... [read more]

Now that the Layar Augmented Reality Browser has been released on the iPhone, I'd appreciate your help in finding Frosty the augmented-reality snowman (or would that be iPhrosty)? Simply do the five-minute augmented-reality scavenger hunt with y ... [read more]

Just thought of providing an outline for design and implementation of JavaFX application. I briefly described this in one of previous post – Custom Layout.To start with we will most likely receive a huge PSD file from designer. You may use Produc ... [read more]

There was a request to write a Flat Carousel, here is an attempt using HBox, ClipView and Timeline. [read more]

When I heard about first JavaFX challenge, I decided to participate with some application that can show how powerful this language is. In order to do that, I created my own version of Rubik’s Cube game. Now, after upgrading it to JavaFX 1.2 versi ... [read more]

JavaFX Composer preview is available. You can install this plugin. In NetBeans IDE, goto “Tools” -> “Plugins” -> “Available Plugins”. Select “JavaFX Composer” and install the Plugin. Please refer to NetBeans JavaFX Composer for more information. [read more]

In my opinion 'Perception' is key and when it comes to user experience, it is often said that "If it looks and feels slow, the application is probably not worth running". [read more]

I started experimenting with JavaFX1.2. I felt writing complex special effects or writing Animation code in JavaFX is very simple. In a very short time I am able to produce complex visual effects which previously took days to create in Java 2D. ... [read more]

Jonathan Giles recently suggested demos should feature more Keyboard Cats.  I was happy to oblige.  The links below lead off to a couple of very basic animation demos written in JavaFX featuring a still image and (thanks to Jonathan’s inspiration ... [read more]

I’ll be giving a talk on JavaFX this upcoming Tuesday, December 15th at the Chicago Java Users Group. The talk is titled “JavaFX for Java Developers”, and is meant to be a survey of JavaFX from the perspective of someone already familiar with Jav ... [read more]

We are proud to announce that FEST-Assert 1.2 is out! [read more]

Wow, it is amazing at what you can you do in 30 lines of JavaFX or 3000 characters. [read more]