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Java FX 8 Essentials

By : Mohamed Taman

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Java FX 8 Essentials

3.7 (7)

By: Mohamed Taman

Overview of this book

If you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Getting Started with JavaFX 8

1. Getting Started with JavaFX 8

JavaFX goals

Getting started

JavaFX history

JavaFX features

Installing the required software

Creating "Hello World" JavaFX-style applications

Summary

2. JavaFX 8 Essentials and Creating a Custom UI

2. JavaFX 8 Essentials and Creating a Custom UI

Quick review of the JavaFX 8 architecture

Java SE 8 features

Theming

Scene Builder

Developing a custom UI

Summary

3. Developing a JavaFX Desktop and Web Application

3. Developing a JavaFX Desktop and Web Application

Developing a note-taking application

JavaFX on the Web

Summary

4. Developing a JavaFX Application for Android

4. Developing a JavaFX Application for Android

Why port JavaFX into the mobile environment?

Getting started

Summary

5. Developing a JavaFX Application for iOS

5. Developing a JavaFX Application for iOS

Using RoboVM to run JavaFX on iOS

Getting started

Summary

6. Running JavaFX Applications on the Raspberry Pi

6. Running JavaFX Applications on the Raspberry Pi

What is the Raspberry Pi?

Why is the Raspberry Pi a perfect fit for JavaFX?

Which module should you buy?

Preparing the Raspberry Pi for JavaFX 8

JavaFX 8 development prerequisites

The switch application

Using NetBeans with the Pi

Summary

7. Monitoring and Controlling Arduino with JavaFX

7. Monitoring and Controlling Arduino with JavaFX

What is an Arduino board?

Summary

8. Interactive Leap Motion Apps with JavaFX

8. Interactive Leap Motion Apps with JavaFX

The Leap Motion controller

The Leap JavaFX application

More examples

Summary

A. Become a JavaFX Guru

A. Become a JavaFX Guru

Resources and references

Index

Index

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the impressive Leap Motion device, and the really nice combination effects that result from using it to enhance JavaFX applications.

You began by learning about the device and how it works. Next, we discussed its SDK for Java and explored a simple application where you learned about listening and processing the data from the Leap device in one thread, while triggering events in the JavaFX thread to deal with them in the scene graph.

In the next chapter, I'll provide advanced tools and resources intended for true JavaFX gurus.

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