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Update: With getting on for a hundred responses from the community to this post, I’ve now written up an overview of the results, and given my interpretation.
With the release of version 1.2, the JavaFX platform is starting to become a viable choice for developing real-world, browser-based rich internet applications (RIAs). However, there are questions [...]
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Is Adobe worried about JavaFX? They’re ripping off JavaFX Script features for next Flex version; and calling the JavaFX rip-off parts “Fx”!
about 9 minutes ago from web
Yes, I’m reblogging my own, somewhat overly dramatic tweets. Don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of it! Anyway, I guess the point is – Flex code looks a [...]
The world of the Rich Internet Application (RIA) just took a couple of fascinating turns. Silverlight version 2 is now out in beta; and it looks… well it looks TOTALLY AMAZING. It can be programmed using serious, elegant, programming languages; it has great tool support; and a version of Silverlight is coming to mobile phones [...]
Update – I’m talking about JavaFX Script here… actually, JavaFX is more than that (more on the whole of JavaFX here).
Sun is announcing JavaFX today (its code name was F3). The company is positioning it as a competitor to Flash/Flex, Apollo and Silverlight. JavaFX is a scripting language for the Java [...]