Essential JavaFX Description based on print version record. - Includes index

A complete introduction for beginners to Sun's powerful JavaFX scripting language JavaFX is a scripting language which provides built-in properties for manipulating objects within a 2D coordinate system. A competing technology to Microsoft's Silverlight, JavaFX provides the tools to fill and pen stroke colors, and create special effects, shapes and lines. It also manipulates images and play videos and sound and defines animations that affect objects over time. This complete introduction for any level doesn't bury you with details. It starts quickly with an introduction to the power of JavaFX key features--scene node graphs, nodes as components, the coordinate system, layout options, colors and gradients, custom classes with inheritance, animation, binding, and event handlers. It then shows step-by-step how these features could be used in a real JavaFX application and will help an application look professionally designed. Commissioned by JavaFX product team and reviewed by renowned Java author, Brian Goetz, this guide is intended as the first and most accessible book for people new to JavaFX. The Andersons are working directly with the JavaFX team at Sun for a complete and authoritative guide Gets you started on building rich Web apps quickly without having to sort through unnecessary details or search the Web for answers Focuses on most useful features and shows how to build apps that tap the full potential of JavaFX Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 16 1.1 What Is JavaFX?......Page 18 JavaFX SDK......Page 19 1.3 Where to Get JavaFX......Page 20 Create a NetBeans Project......Page 21 Edit JavaFX Source Code......Page 24 Compile and Run......Page 25 Execution Models......Page 26 2.1 Introducing JavaFX......Page 30 2.2 Project GuitarTuner......Page 31 The Scene Graph Metaphor......Page 32 Hierarchical Scene Graph......Page 33 Stage and Scene......Page 34 Object Literals......Page 35 Type Inference......Page 36 Shapes......Page 37 Sequences......Page 38 Extending CustomNode......Page 39 JavaFX Script Artifacts......Page 41 Gradients......Page 43 Color......Page 45 Rectangles with Arcs......Page 46 DropShadows......Page 47 Binding......Page 48 Mouse Events......Page 49 Animations......Page 50 2.7 Source Code for Project GuitarTuner......Page 53 3.1 Variables and Types......Page 60 JavaFX Types......Page 61 Printing Variables......Page 63 3.2 Operators......Page 64 Unary Operators......Page 65 Logical Operators......Page 66 Block Expressions......Page 67 For Expressions......Page 68 Binding Expressions......Page 69 Bidirectional Binding......Page 70 Sequence Literals......Page 71 Printing Sequences......Page 72 Creating Sequences with for......Page 73 Inserting Items into Sequences......Page 74 Deleting Items from Sequences......Page 75 Predicates......Page 76 Binding Sequences......Page 77 Passing Arguments to Functions......Page 78 Returning Values from Functions......Page 79 Bound Functions......Page 80 Program Arguments......Page 81 Function Types......Page 82 Classes......Page 84 Object Literals......Page 85 Using public-init......Page 86 Using public-read......Page 87 Using this......Page 88 Using Java Objects......Page 89 Binding with Object Literals......Page 90 3.7 Inheritance......Page 92 Using super......Page 93 Abstract Base Classes......Page 95 As Operator......Page 97 Mixin Inheritance......Page 98 On Replace with Variables......Page 100 On Replace with Sequences......Page 101 On Replace with isInitialized......Page 102 3.9 Script Files and Packages......Page 103 Function Scope......Page 104 Access Modifiers......Page 105 Packages......Page 106 Try, Catch, Finally......Page 108 Throwing Exceptions......Page 109 3.11 JavaFX Keywords......Page 110 4.1 Setting the Stage......Page 112 Node......Page 113 Cursor......Page 118 Group......Page 119 4.2 Shapes......Page 120 Circle......Page 124 Arc......Page 125 QuadCurve......Page 126 Line......Page 127 SVGPath......Page 128 ShapeIntersect/ShapeSubtract......Page 130 Text......Page 132 4.3 Paths......Page 133 4.4 Layout Components......Page 136 HBox and VBox Layout Components......Page 137 Flow and Tile Layout Components......Page 138 Stack Layout Component......Page 140 Point2D......Page 141 Bounding Rectangles......Page 142 TextBox......Page 146 UI Components......Page 148 Popup Windows......Page 151 SwingCheckBox......Page 152 SwingComboBoxItem......Page 153 SwingLabel......Page 154 SwingListItem......Page 155 SwingToggleButton......Page 157 SwingTextField......Page 158 Pizzas Are Circles......Page 159 Toppings Are Circles......Page 161 Selecting Pizza Size with SwingRadioButton......Page 162 Selecting Toppings with SwingCheckBox......Page 163 Integrating with Bound Functions and Binding......Page 164 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)......Page 165 Skinnable TextButton Component......Page 169 Skinnable ChoiceDialog Component......Page 175 6.1 Project Piano......Page 184 6.2 PianoKey Components......Page 186 Class PianoKey......Page 187 Subclass WhiteKey......Page 188 Single Key Application......Page 190 Subclass BlackKey......Page 193 Two Key Application......Page 195 6.3 Building the Keyboard......Page 197 6.4 SwingButtons and Animation......Page 200 6.5 Adding Help and Improving Visual Effects......Page 205 6.6 Source Code for Project Piano......Page 211 What You Will Learn......Page 222 7.1 Timelines......Page 223 Animation Basics—Moving an Object......Page 225 Animating Multiple Targets......Page 228 Animating Multiple Targets Independently......Page 229 Animating Groups......Page 231 Animation and Binding......Page 233 Using action with a Digital Clock Display......Page 235 Using action with a Progress Bar......Page 237 7.3 Transitions......Page 242 Transition Basics—Simple Movement......Page 243 ScaleTransition......Page 244 Rotate and Fade Transitions......Page 245 Compound Transitions......Page 248 Creating a Path......Page 250 PathTransition......Page 252 7.5 Chutes and Ladders......Page 254 Class PathBall (PathBall.fx)......Page 255 Main Program (Main.fx)......Page 259 8.1 Using Image......Page 266 Class Image......Page 267 8.2 Using ImageView......Page 269 Scaling......Page 273 Transformation and Effects Menagerie......Page 275 8.3 Building a Wall of Photos......Page 281 8.4 Mouse Dragging......Page 287 8.5 Animated Photo Carousel......Page 290 Photo Carousel Scene Graph......Page 291 CarouselPhoto Animation......Page 292 CarouselPhoto Custom Node......Page 293 Carousel Custom Node......Page 296 Main Script......Page 299 9.1 JavaFX Pull Parsers......Page 302 XML Parsing......Page 303 JSON Parsing......Page 310 Animated Photo Carousel......Page 312 Using HttpRequest......Page 313 Interesting Photos......Page 318 9.4 Flickr: Searching with Tags......Page 325 9.5 Flickr: Getting User Photos......Page 329 10.1 JavaFX Mobile—What Does It Mean?......Page 332 Mobile Emulator......Page 334 Discovering Your Environment......Page 336 Orientation Changes......Page 338 Mouse and Key Events......Page 340 User Input......Page 343 10.2 Making a JavaFX Application Mobile Ready......Page 344 Detecting Orientation Changes......Page 346 Reducing the Number and Size of Images......Page 347 Adjusting the Animation......Page 348 10.3 Mobile-Only Applications......Page 349 Grouping Elements Together......Page 351 C......Page 354 E......Page 355 I......Page 356 N......Page 357 P......Page 358 S......Page 359 T......Page 360 X......Page 361 I have found this book to be an excellent introduction to JavaFX. The book starts right out with showing you the basics of setting up a project in Netbeans and continues with ample coding examples that anyone should be able to follow. It even has a chapter for non-programmers that are interested in working with the design side of JavaFX. I'm currently using the book as a reference for an online JavaFX course and have found it to be invaluable for this purpose.For some reason, one of the reviews of this book appears to be under the impression that this is a "course in a book". It definitely is not, and does not purport to be a "course in a book". However, what it is is a good introductory text and a good place to start.