Get to know the JavaFX 2 libraries by way of a practical exercise: refactoring a Swing-based text editor into one that leverages the rich UI features of JavaFX (Part 3).

JavaFX 2.0, an upgrade to the Java-based rich client platform that originated at Sun Microsystems, was made available in a beta form this week by the Java team at Oracle. In its road map for ...

A steep learning curve is the price to pay for JavaFX's more modern UI options. Terpilowski recalled James Gosling saying that Swing is the 747 of UI frameworks, and flying 747s can be a little ...