JavaFX Mobile gets launched
Sun has launched JavaFX Mobile together with the JavaFX SDK 1.1. NetBeans has also made available JavaFX 1.1 support for the current NetBeans 6.5 IDE. Support for the JavaFX platform is available for several cell phones from different manufacturers.
JavaFX
JavaFX is an expressive rich client platform for creating and delivering rich Internet experiences across all screens of your life. JavaFX 1.0 was released on December 4, 2008. As of February 1st, 2009, there had already been over 100,000 downloads of the tools and SDK. Today, JavaFX is available on over 50 million desktops.
JavaFX is fully integrated with the Java Runtime and takes advantage of the performance and ubiquity of Sun’s Java Runtime Environment that is installed on literally billions of devices worldwide. In addition, JavaFX fosters a productive and collaborative developer-designer workflow.
Developers and designers can use JavaFX to imagine, create and express a real experience that jumps out of the browser and into our day-to-day lives. JavaFX powerfully combines a scripting language (JavaFX Script), a rich client platform and a set of tools that enable a complete, productive and collaborative developer-designer workflow.
Developers can start building expressive content with JavaFX by downloading the JavaFX 1.1 SDK from http://www.javafx.com. Graphical designers can download the JavaFX 1.1 Production Suite to obtain tools to simplify collaboration with developers.
JavaFX on NetBeans
The JavaFX SDK 1.1 brings JavaFX applications to mobile devices! The software development kit now officially supports JavaFX Mobile and includes a Mobile Emulator.
JavaFX builds on top of the Java Micro Edition (ME) platform that already exists in over 2.6 billion mobile devices. Whether you are familiar with Java ME or JavaFX, you will be able to leverage existing knowledge and resources from either platform to create advanced and expressive mobile content.
The NetBeans IDE is the recommended development environment for JavaFX. Use this easy to learn, declarative scripting language to build applications with clean and compelling graphical user interfaces. JavaFX applications run in web browsers, on mobile devices and on desktop PCs.
Download the NetBeans IDE for JavaFX today and experience JavaFX technology in action!
- Download NetBeans IDE for JavaFX 1.1
- If NetBeans IDE 6.5 is already installed, add JavaFX 1.1 through the IDE’s Update Center. In the IDE, navigate to Tools -> Plugins and select the checkboxes under the JavaFX category.