The JavaFX family of products features a high-performance declarative scripting language, JavaFX Script, for building and delivering the next generation of rich Internet applications for desktop, mobile, TV, and other consumer platforms.
At a Glance
JavaFX Script optimizes the creative process of building rich and compelling graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for scripters, designers, and content authors.
Interface programmers and visual designers familiar with scripting languages will find the structure of the programming code closely matches the actual layout of the GUI, making it easier to understand and maintain. Leveraging Java Swing, Java 2D, and Java 3D APIs, these rich interfaces and next-generation services can be proliferated across virtually any device securely and without local installation.
Java developers can take advantage of a JavaFX Script plugin with language support, available for the NetBeans IDE. The plugin enables development of JavaFX Script applications within the cross-platform NetBeans tools suite. Developers who have existing Java code can include it in the applications they build with JavaFX Script.
JavaFX Script uses a declarative syntax for specifying GUI components, so a developer's code closely matches the actual layout of the GUI
Through declarative databinding and incremental evaluation, JavaFX Script enables developers to easily create and configure individual components by automatically synchronizing application data and GUI components
JavaFX Script will work with all major IDEs, including NetBeans, which is the reference implementation IDE for Java development
Unlike many other Java scripting languages, JavaFX Script is statically typed and will have most of the same code structuring, reuse, and encapsulation features that make it possible to create and maintain very large programs in Java
JavaFX Script is capable of supporting GUIs of any size or complexity
JavaFX Script makes it easier to use Swing, one of the best GUI development toolkits of its kind
