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In our application showcase this week we have the winners of the micro-challenge - a small challenge in honor of the larger JavaFX coding contest. The "Orange"...

In our application showcase this week we have the winners of the micro-challenge - a small challenge in honor of the larger JavaFX coding contest. The "Orange" theme event had three winners. We continue to feature memefx - a set of rich-freely evolving JavaFX components, and Gravity Test from TareitasFX a test using JavaFX (with Phys2D wich is a physics engine). Some interesting articles that appeared this week: JavaWorld has an interesting article on creating a skinnable...

Meet the JavaFX team: Part 1

Some of you might have wondered who works on the JavaFX team, who leads, designs, builds, tests, markets and does scores of other things that make a platform...

Some of you might have wondered who works on the JavaFX team, who leads, designs, builds, tests, markets and does scores of other things that make a platform happen. This is first in a multi part series to expose the brains and brawns behind JavaFX. As a start, meet four of the JavaFX engineers. Joshua Marinacci is the JavaFX community leader and has recently started jfxstudio a community site specifically for sharing JavaFX creations. He also worked on the samples. Martin...

Already have a MIDlet?

If you have an existing MIDP application or are interested in learning about using JavaFX technology with a mobile application, check out the following: Enhance...

If you have an existing MIDP application or are interested in learning about using JavaFX technology with a mobile application, check out the following: Enhance Your MIDlet With JavaFX Technology explains how to use JavaFX technology to improve your existing MIDlets. From MIDP to RIA: Enhancing Radio Buttons shows how JavaFX code can be used to provide a richer UI for your MIDlet and uses radio buttons as an example.

Konichiwa JavaFX

Following are some Japanese JavaFX blogs from our localization and internationalization engineers Kenji Tachibana | Masaki Katakai | Naoto Sato | Yuka Kamiya...

Following are some Japanese JavaFX blogs from our localization and internationalization engineers Kenji Tachibana | Masaki Katakai | Naoto Sato | Yuka Kamiya Also introducing a new JavaFX Japanese community portal, initiated by the community. This is where JavaFX users can freely communicate and exchange ideas and information in Japanese.

JavaFX 1.1.1 Released with two new samples

JavaFX 1.1.1 was released last week. There are no new apis, but some good video related bug fixes. The full release notes are here. Also of note, two new...

JavaFX 1.1.1 was released last week. There are no new apis, but some good video related bug fixes. The full release notes are here. Also of note, two new samples were added to the samples page: Solar System and BookPanel.

Get Your Tech Tips Here

Bookmark the Learn page on javafx.com, because it's updated every week. The list of tech tips is growing, and there's something for every level of JavaFX...

Bookmark the Learn page on javafx.com, because it's updated every week. The list of tech tips is growing, and there's something for every level of JavaFX developer: Beginner Creating Buttons With a Rollover Effect Intermediate Creating a Drawing Application in 5 Minutes How to Improve JavaFX Application Startup Time Preparing a Sample for JavaFX Mobile Technology Animation Along an Arbitrary Path Using Resources From the External JAR File Repainting Objects at Runtime Using...

Got Data?

When you want your data to make a good impression, you have to present it in a way that will attract attention and be easy to understand. The Learn page on...

When you want your data to make a good impression, you have to present it in a way that will attract attention and be easy to understand. The Learn page on javafx.com has two new articles that show how easy it is to create visually appealing animated graphs in JavaFX. Create an Easy Animated Line Graph demonstrates how to create an animated line graph. Create Jazzy and Jazzier Bar Charts shows how to create two different bar graphs.

Test your coding chops at javafx

Its never been a better time to be a developer. Code JavaFX and earn some sweet moolah. Go here: http://javafx.com/challenge/ Be creative and code javafx Win...

Its never been a better time to be a developer. Code JavaFX and earn some sweet moolah. Go here: http://javafx.com/challenge/ Be creative and code javafx Win 1st Place: $25,000 2nd Place: $10,000 3rd Place: $5,000 Student category: We will award three prizes at $1,500 each to the top three applications submitted by students. Student submissions will compete for the larger prize amounts as well, but only one prize per entry will be awarded. Up to 100 honorable mention prizes...

Give your JavaFX apps a startup performance boost

Here's a trick to improve the start up performance of JavaFX apps. All you need to do is one line addition to your JNLP files.<update check="background"/> The...

Here's a trick to improve the start up performance of JavaFX apps. All you need to do is one line addition to your JNLP files.<update check="background"/> The update element is used to indicate the preferences for how application updates should be handled by Java Web Start is not set right. The update element can contain the following optional attribute: check attribute: The check attribute indicates the preference for when the JNLP Client should check for updates, and can...