Foojay Podcast #9: The State of JavaFX Framework, Libraries, and Projects
December 19, 2022Author(s)
JavaFX was introduced by Sun Microsystems in May 2007 and provides a platform for desktop, mobile, and embedded applications built on Java.
Libraries and software are available for the complete lifecycle of an application to run from a single codebase on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. JavaFX was originally part of the JDK, the Java Development Kit, and became a standalone technology in 2018.
The development is a joint effort between Oracle, Gluon (a small Belgian-based company), and the community.
Let's talk about the JavaFX framework itself, but also about the libraries and applications that are built with it.
Guests
- Pedro Duque Vieira (@p_duke)
- Sean Phillips (@seanmiphillips)
- Johan Vos (@[email protected], @johanvos)
- Gail Anderson (@gail_asgteach)
- Dirk Lemmermann (@dlemmermann)
Podcast host
- Frank Delporte (@[email protected] - @frankdelporte)
Content
- 00'00 Short intro and music
- 00'16 Introduction about the topic of this podcast
- 00'57 Introduction of the guests and host
- 05'30 The state of the JavaFX/OpenJFX project
- 09'40 About the release cycle of JavaFX, which is aligned with Java (every 6 months)
- 11'52 Comparing JavaFX with Swing
- 14'12 Which of the Java UI libraries is further maintained
- 14'52 About blog posts on Foojay about JavaFX
- 17'34 CAD application by Petro
- 18'42 Applications developed by Dirk
- 19'43 About jfx-central.com, a showcase for JavaFX
- 24'46 JavaFX in the browser
- 27'01 The industry is considering Java as a server-only language. No broad support or big company is pushing JavaFX for app and web development.
- 30'14 Libraries created by Pedro
- 32'52 About the many available JavaFX libraries
- 35'34 Mobile development with JavaFX
- 39'05 JavaFX versus JavaScript frameworks
- 41'12 Introduction Sean
- 42'16 Trinity application by Sean
- 47'20 Sean wants to thank the guests and community.
- 48'50 Pedro and Dirk about their libraries being used in various applications
- JavaFX charts in the office of the US president:
https://twitter.com/potus/status/1422282055715594245
- JavaFX charts in the office of the US president:
- 51'42 The fans of JavaFX are working hard and building amazing stuff but don't have time to promote their work
- 56'00 About the announcement by Oracle that they now also will distribute builds of JavaFX
- 57'19 To be expected in the next versions of JavaFX
- 59'05 Conclusion
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