JavaFX Languages and Markup

Abstract

JavaFX provides a rich set of capabilities for building applications that lets you create immersive user interfaces that go beyond what you can accomplish with traditional UI toolkits. However, it does not stop there, because by sitting on top of the Java language, you can also take full advantage of all the languages and tools that have been developed for the Java platform. Also, JavaFX comes with its own UI declaration language written in XML, which is quite powerful in its own right.

Computer programming is tremendous fun. Like music, it is a skill that derives from an unknown blend of innate talent and constant practice. Like drawing, it can be shaped to a variety of ends—commercial, artistic, and pure entertainment. Programmers have a well-deserved reputation for working long hours, but are rarely credited with being driven by creative fevers. Programmers talk about software development on weekends, vacations, and over meals not because they lack imagination, but because their imagination reveals worlds that others cannot see. —Larry O’Brien and Bruce Eckel