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Mastering JavaFX 10

By : Sergey Grinev
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Book Image

Mastering JavaFX 10

5 (1)
By: Sergey Grinev

Overview of this book

: JavaFX 10 is used to create media-rich client applications. This book takes you on a journey to use JavaFX 10 to build applications that display information in a high-performance, modern user interface featuring audio, video, graphics, and animation. Mastering JavaFX 10 begins by introducing you to the JavaFX API. You will understand the steps involved in setting up your development environment and build the necessary dependencies. This is followed by exploring how to work with the assets, modules, and APIs of JavaFX. This book is filled with practical examples to guide you through the major features of JavaFX 10. In addition to this, you will acquire a practical understanding of JavaFX custom animations, merging different application layers smoothly, and creating a user-friendly GUI with ease. By the end of the book, you will be able to create a complete, feature-rich Java graphical application using JavaFX.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Advanced controls

The most sophisticated JavaFX controls are ones that are dedicated to representing a large amount of data: ListView and TableView. We will review data management, cell creation, and editable data in the following sections.

ListView

ListView is a familiar UI control, which represents a list of items shown in a scrollable column or row:

Despite the simple concept, JavaFX's ListView has a large API, providing a lot of options to customize it for your needs.

Managing ListView items

The ListView content is backed up by an ObservableList and any changes...