If you run "java -jar killer-app.jar" on a machine where JavaFX SDK was installed with a simple "unzip" (like a Mac), you will get the following error:

Unable to read ../rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../../../rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../sdk/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../../artifacts/sdk/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar

Posted at 05:07AM Feb 06, 2012 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 933

All JavaFX 2 components can be styled with CSS 3. The CSS JavaFX 2 reference is available here: http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2.0/api/javafx/scene/doc-files/cssref.html. To activate your custom CSS you only have to add a resource containing the CSS styles to the javafx.scene.Scene:

        Scene scene = ...
        scene.getStylesheets().add(this.getClass().getResource("javafxrocks.css").toExternalForm());
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();

Posted at 09:35AM Jan 13, 2012 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[1]  | Views/Hits: 1948

Java FX 2 is Java. To build a Java FX application you only need an additional JAR: jfxrt.jar which contains the Java FX UI classes. The JAR comes with Java FX SDK, but is not included in the public maven repository. You can point to the Java FX SDK installation with Maven's system scope dependency:

<project>
...
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
            <artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
            <version>2.0</version>
            <systemPath>${fx.home}/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar</systemPath>
            <scope>system</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

<settings>
...
<profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>javafx</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <properties>
                <fx.home>[PATH]/javafx-sdk2.1.0-beta/</fx.home>
            </properties>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
</settings>

Posted at 09:01AM Dec 21, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 2689

Java FX 2 is shipped now with Java SE. This update makes Java FX 2 a default choice for RIAs on the Java platform.

Posted at 09:49AM Dec 19, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[4]  | Views/Hits: 1987

Synthetica V2.13 and SyntheticaAddons V1.5 L&Fs for Swing are released. See also NetBeans RCP with Synthetica L&F.
Some screenshots with NetBeans 7 IDE with Synthetica L&F:

Posted at 10:50AM Jul 18, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[2]  | Views/Hits: 2695

The BlackEye look and feel was already introduced. Synthetica comes with a new theme called "Classy":

Posted at 02:29PM Mar 10, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 5139

A table control was missed in JavaFX 1.3. JavaFX 2 comes with a new table component:

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Launcher;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.Sequence;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.table.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.table.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.table.model.SequenceTableModel;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start() {

        Stage stage = new Stage();
        stage.setTitle("Hello Table");

        final Group root = new Group();
        Scene scene = new Scene(root);
        stage.setScene(scene);

        Sequence children = root.getChildren();
        children.add(getTableView());
        stage.setVisible(true);
    }

 	//TableView is a node...
    public static Node getTableView() {

        Sequence data = fetchDataFromServer();

        TableView tableView = new TableView();
        SequenceTableModel tableModel = new SequenceTableModel(data);
        tableView.setModel(tableModel);

        TableColumn[] columns = buildColumns(data);
        tableView.getColumns().addAll(columns);
        return tableView;
    }

    //sequence is an Observable java.util.List. It could come directly from e.g. JPA EntityManager.
    public static Sequence fetchDataFromServer() {
        return FXCollections.sequence(
                new Person("Duke", "Java"),
                new Person("DukeFX", "JavaFX"));

    }

    public static TableColumn[] buildColumns(final Sequence data) {
        TableColumn firstNameCol = new TableColumn();
        firstNameCol.setText("First");
        firstNameCol.setGetCellData(new TableColumn.GetCellData() {

            @Override
            public Object get(long row, int col) {
                return data.get((int) row).getFirstName();
            }
        });

        TableColumn lastNameCol = new TableColumn();
        lastNameCol.setText("Last");
        lastNameCol.setGetCellData(new TableColumn.GetCellData() {

            @Override
            public Object get(long row, int col) {
                return data.get((int) row).getLastName();
            }
        });

        return new TableColumn[]{firstNameCol, lastNameCol};

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Launcher.launch(Main.class, args);
    }
}


public class Person {

    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;

    public Person(String firstName, String lastName) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }
//with getters.
}

Posted at 10:27AM Feb 21, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[20]  | Views/Hits: 3147

In contrary to JavaFX 1.X, JavaFX 2 is pure Java:

package com.abien.hello;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Launcher;
import javafx.collections.Sequence;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application{


    @Override public void start() {
        Stage stage = new Stage();
        stage.setTitle("Hello Java FX");
        stage.setResizable(false);

        Group root = new Group();
        Scene scene = new Scene(root,80,20);
        stage.setScene(scene);

        Sequence children = root.getChildren();
        children.add(new Label("Hello Java FX 2"));
        stage.setVisible(true);

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Launcher.launch(Main.class, args);
    }
}

Posted at 10:30AM Feb 14, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[57]  | Views/Hits: 23442

The installation of Java FX 2.0 is as simple as it can get - unzip of the Early Access was sufficient.

1. Startup of the provided examples is extremely fast < 1 sec and orders of magnitude faster than previous Java FX 1.3 samples
2. A double click on a Jar-file is sufficient to launch a Java FX app - no further configuration was necessary
3. The doc comes in fresh design and is compelling
4. Java FX 2.0 is extremely easy to integrate with Java projects - the inclusion of a single Jar is sufficient
5. The runtime is far smaller, than expected

Posted at 04:42PM Feb 04, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[18]  | Views/Hits: 10705

The appearance of UI-Controls in Java FX can be either configured programmatically, or with CSS. See this comprehensive CSS reference. Hopefully it will be distributed with the official SDK doc in the next release...
Its a kind of "Convention Over Configuration" again :-).

Posted at 11:11AM Jun 25, 2010 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 3382

If you run "java -jar killer-app.jar" on a machine where JavaFX SDK was installed with a simple "unzip" (like a Mac), you will get the following error:

Unable to read ../rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../../../rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../sdk/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar
Unable to read ../../../artifacts/sdk/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar

Posted at 05:07AM Feb 06, 2012 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 933

All JavaFX 2 components can be styled with CSS 3. The CSS JavaFX 2 reference is available here: http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2.0/api/javafx/scene/doc-files/cssref.html. To activate your custom CSS you only have to add a resource containing the CSS styles to the javafx.scene.Scene:

        Scene scene = ...
        scene.getStylesheets().add(this.getClass().getResource("javafxrocks.css").toExternalForm());
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();

Posted at 09:35AM Jan 13, 2012 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[1]  | Views/Hits: 1948

Java FX 2 is Java. To build a Java FX application you only need an additional JAR: jfxrt.jar which contains the Java FX UI classes. The JAR comes with Java FX SDK, but is not included in the public maven repository. You can point to the Java FX SDK installation with Maven's system scope dependency:

<project>
...
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
            <artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
            <version>2.0</version>
            <systemPath>${fx.home}/rt/lib/jfxrt.jar</systemPath>
            <scope>system</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

<settings>
...
<profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>javafx</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <properties>
                <fx.home>[PATH]/javafx-sdk2.1.0-beta/</fx.home>
            </properties>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
</settings>

Posted at 09:01AM Dec 21, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 2689

Java FX 2 is shipped now with Java SE. This update makes Java FX 2 a default choice for RIAs on the Java platform.

Posted at 09:49AM Dec 19, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[4]  | Views/Hits: 1987

Synthetica V2.13 and SyntheticaAddons V1.5 L&Fs for Swing are released. See also NetBeans RCP with Synthetica L&F.
Some screenshots with NetBeans 7 IDE with Synthetica L&F:

Posted at 10:50AM Jul 18, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[2]  | Views/Hits: 2695

The BlackEye look and feel was already introduced. Synthetica comes with a new theme called "Classy":

Posted at 02:29PM Mar 10, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 5139

A table control was missed in JavaFX 1.3. JavaFX 2 comes with a new table component:

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Launcher;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.Sequence;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.table.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.table.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.table.model.SequenceTableModel;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start() {

        Stage stage = new Stage();
        stage.setTitle("Hello Table");

        final Group root = new Group();
        Scene scene = new Scene(root);
        stage.setScene(scene);

        Sequence children = root.getChildren();
        children.add(getTableView());
        stage.setVisible(true);
    }

 	//TableView is a node...
    public static Node getTableView() {

        Sequence data = fetchDataFromServer();

        TableView tableView = new TableView();
        SequenceTableModel tableModel = new SequenceTableModel(data);
        tableView.setModel(tableModel);

        TableColumn[] columns = buildColumns(data);
        tableView.getColumns().addAll(columns);
        return tableView;
    }

    //sequence is an Observable java.util.List. It could come directly from e.g. JPA EntityManager.
    public static Sequence fetchDataFromServer() {
        return FXCollections.sequence(
                new Person("Duke", "Java"),
                new Person("DukeFX", "JavaFX"));

    }

    public static TableColumn[] buildColumns(final Sequence data) {
        TableColumn firstNameCol = new TableColumn();
        firstNameCol.setText("First");
        firstNameCol.setGetCellData(new TableColumn.GetCellData() {

            @Override
            public Object get(long row, int col) {
                return data.get((int) row).getFirstName();
            }
        });

        TableColumn lastNameCol = new TableColumn();
        lastNameCol.setText("Last");
        lastNameCol.setGetCellData(new TableColumn.GetCellData() {

            @Override
            public Object get(long row, int col) {
                return data.get((int) row).getLastName();
            }
        });

        return new TableColumn[]{firstNameCol, lastNameCol};

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Launcher.launch(Main.class, args);
    }
}


public class Person {

    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;

    public Person(String firstName, String lastName) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }
//with getters.
}

Posted at 10:27AM Feb 21, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[20]  | Views/Hits: 3147

In contrary to JavaFX 1.X, JavaFX 2 is pure Java:

package com.abien.hello;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Launcher;
import javafx.collections.Sequence;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main extends Application{


    @Override public void start() {
        Stage stage = new Stage();
        stage.setTitle("Hello Java FX");
        stage.setResizable(false);

        Group root = new Group();
        Scene scene = new Scene(root,80,20);
        stage.setScene(scene);

        Sequence children = root.getChildren();
        children.add(new Label("Hello Java FX 2"));
        stage.setVisible(true);

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Launcher.launch(Main.class, args);
    }
}

Posted at 10:30AM Feb 14, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[57]  | Views/Hits: 23442

The installation of Java FX 2.0 is as simple as it can get - unzip of the Early Access was sufficient.

1. Startup of the provided examples is extremely fast < 1 sec and orders of magnitude faster than previous Java FX 1.3 samples
2. A double click on a Jar-file is sufficient to launch a Java FX app - no further configuration was necessary
3. The doc comes in fresh design and is compelling
4. Java FX 2.0 is extremely easy to integrate with Java projects - the inclusion of a single Jar is sufficient
5. The runtime is far smaller, than expected

Posted at 04:42PM Feb 04, 2011 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[18]  | Views/Hits: 10705

The appearance of UI-Controls in Java FX can be either configured programmatically, or with CSS. See this comprehensive CSS reference. Hopefully it will be distributed with the official SDK doc in the next release...
Its a kind of "Convention Over Configuration" again :-).

Posted at 11:11AM Jun 25, 2010 by Adam Bien in RIA / Java FX |  Comments[0]  | Views/Hits: 3382