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  To: Qu0ll
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/19/2012 12:55 AM, Qu0ll wrote:
> "Arne Vajhoj"  wrote in message
> news:502ef432$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
>
>>> Doesn't integrate???  With what exactly?
>>
>> Roedy probably just made it up.
>>
>> You should not be surprised if you never get an an answer.
>
> We you are probably right but it's just such a ridiculous comment as one
> of JavaFX's strongest selling points is its ability to integrate.
> Perhaps Roedy is thinking of the old JavaFX versions 1.x when it wasn't
> a Java API and relied on a proprietary new language named JavaFX
> Script.  JavaFX 2.x is completely different and, as I said, integrates
> with anything JVM-based.

Even JavaFX 1.x could integrate with Swing and Java code.

>> JavaFX is 10 years newer than Swing and it shows.
>
> Yes, it is based on a completely new hardware accelerated graphics
> engine named Prism and new windowing toolkit named Glass.  It is
> feature-rich and fast.  The properties and binding framework on its own
> is worth the price of admission.  The number of standard controls is
> growing constantly and includes a WebKit-based WebView control that
> supports HTML 5 and CSS 3 and JavaScript, a Canvas control similar to
> HTML 5 Canvas, video and audio playback controls, a vast array of
> charts, animations and transitions and a very good set of more
> common/basic widgets for form development.  And if they aren't enough,
> there are several ways to roll your own.  Features coming up in the next
> major release (which will be named JavaFX 8.0 as it is now aligned with
> JDK versions) include full 3D support.

Do you work for Oracle JavaFX marketing?

:-) :-) :-)

Well - it is newer and the split in FXML and Java code is very nice.

To some extent it can be viewed as the equivalent of going from servlet to JSP 
to output HTML.

>> JavaFX is certainly worth considering.
>>
>> But one may have a need to support a platform where JavaFX is not
>> available yet.
>
> As of Java 7 Update 6 JavaFX is now supported on Windows (at least
> Windows XP, Windows 2008, Windows 7), MacOS X and Linux and also runs on
> some ARM based systems like Raspberry Pi.  In addition, Oracle is doing
> a significant amount of work on getting it to run on iOS and Android and
> have demonstrated it on these platforms several times in recent months.

Yes.

But there are still a few using other platforms.

And a lot that is stuck on older Java versions.

For various reasons.

But I agree that if one has the choice then JavaFX should be preferred over 
Swing.

Arne

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  Re: Swing "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-nlb-this> - 2012-08-13 18:36 +0000
  Re: Swing "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-z1z-this> - 2012-08-15 18:36 +0000
    Re: Swing "Jeff Higgins" <jeff.higgins@1:261/38.remove-z1z-this> - 2012-08-15 18:36 +0000
    Re: Swing "Qu0ll" <qu0ll@1:261/38.remove-s96-this> - 2012-08-16 19:16 +0000
      Re: Swing "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-rj6-this> - 2012-08-18 18:36 +0000
        Re: Swing "Qu0ll" <qu0ll@1:261/38.remove-v8v-this> - 2012-08-19 18:11 +0000
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            Re: Swing "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-fzq-this> - 2012-08-20 18:58 +0000
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