JavaFX Script is a new scripting language from Sun meant to provide rich user interfaces to compete with AJAX, Silverlight, and many other RIA technologies. What does JavaFX look like, how does it work, and will it succeed? Those questions and more are answered in this introductory review of JavaFX.
by Jim White
August 27, 2007
ich Internet Application or RIAs are all the rage in application development circles now. How do you make web applications behave like more traditional desktop applications? You remember desktop applications don't you? Harken back to the days of drag-and-drop, slide bars, dynamic widget enabling, disabling, background coloring, etc.—all to make the user experience more pleasing without the "flash-bang," slow-performing Web page refreshes. Those were some user interfaces!
AJAX is the technology most often used today to provide RIAs that present the closest thing to desktop applications offered over the Web. AJAX has been a part of a new Web revolution,heralded as Web 2.0. The unfortunate aspect of AJAX is its dependency on the platform. Namely, if you have ever written an AJAX application for mass distribution, much of the application code is littered with "if Microsoft IE do...if Mozilla or other browser do..." conditionals. Efforts by the W3C and others to standardize AJAX technologies are helping, but they may not be enough when you're also considering needs to bring more dynamic applications to other platforms like mobile and consumer devices.
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ich Internet Application or RIAs are all the rage in application development circles now. How do you make web applications behave like more traditional desktop applications? You remember desktop applications don't you? Harken back to the days of drag-and-drop, slide bars, dynamic widget enabling, disabling, background coloring, etc.—all to make the user experience more pleasing without the "flash-bang," slow-performing Web page refreshes. Those were some user interfaces!
