The latest version of the JavaFX SDK is out and available from the usual JavaFX.com downloads page. Looking at the release notes it's a bug fix release with a couple of tweaks for performance that include: [read more]

This month not much changed in the index. Objective-C and Go are still scoring all time highs, while staying close to each other. There are 4 programming languages that have a realistic chance of entering the top 20 next month. These are educatio ... [read more]

An updated look at a 2d game library being written to use JavaFX and JBox2D [read more]

Vyacheslav Baranov, a software engineer in the JavaFX Media group, discusses streaming media support in JavaFX application. Share first-hand knowledge in the newly published technical tip RTSP Support in JavaFX Applications.  [read more]

One of the previous post had a sample to download large files using JavaFX. It relies on HttpRequest attribute sink to specify the output file location. Similarly we can use source attribute for uploading a file. [read more]

Just a quick heads-up:  If you have an android mobile device and want to have some fun with augmented reality, go on the five-minute augmented-reality scavenger hunt.  See my aug.mx blog post for details. [read more]

The physiology of stress is an interesting topic, even to a layman like me.  Relaxing, taking time to enjoy beauty, and exhaling slowly, are important lessons for all of us that are often learned the hard way.  While learning such a lesson, I bec ... [read more]

Because of its rich UI capabilities, one very natural and powerful use of JavaFX technology is data visualization.  In today's post I'd like to highlight the JavaFX applet that Nik Silver created to visualize and navigate news.  Nik's app accesse ... [read more]

We've received a number of requests from new users asking for the core tutorial's coverage of data binding to be simplified. We've listened, and as a result, have divided our coverage of binding (and triggers) into "basic" and "advanced" lesso ... [read more]

The Wipe library is an experimental JavaFX package making animated transitions between pages in a UI easy.   For desktop apps it could be used to create simple slide shows, but its real power comes in environments with small UIs (like widgets or ... [read more]

There were many queries related to saving and printing of JavaFX nodes. Users can capture the node as image following the approach outlined in one of previous blog and use ImageIO APIs to save the image to file. For printing, we can use 2D printi ... [read more]

JavaFX + Apache Derby Database + JDBC – I have seen several queries related to this, hence thought of providing a sample application. In order to avoid any back-end database setup, I’m using Embedded Derby which will create database in <UserHome> ... [read more]

Well organized, JavaFX in Action enables beginners, as well as experienced developers from any language background, to immediately hit the ground running with the JavaFX platform. This book provides great examples that demonstrate the abilities ... [read more]

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

Here’s a recent awkward interaction between a Starbucks Barista and me: Me: I’ll take a Grande Coffee (note, I don’t actually order “just a coffee”, but I’m too embarrassed to write out the actual drink. Being forced to write “Grande” instead of ... [read more]