What is JavaFX?

JavaFX provides Java developers with a very nice graphics platform. In October 2011, JavaFX 2.0 was released. It’s intended to be the choice for new graphical user interfaces (GUI) rather than the older Java Swing.

When I started teaching JavaFX in 2012 it was still very early. There were no books covering JavaFX that I found suitable for students new to programming. So I started to write a very detailed tutorial series on JavaFX. The tutorial walks you through designing, programming and deploying an address application.

For a first contact with JavaFX take a look at the JavaFX 2 Dialogs.

AddressApp Tutorial

• Part I - Scene Builder
• Part II - Model and TableView
• Part III - Interacting with the User
• Part IV - CSS Styling
• Part V - Storing Data as XML
• Part VI - Statistics Chart
• Part VII - Deployment with e(fx)clipse

JavaFX Blog Posts

• JavaFX 2 Dialogs - Creating simple popup dialogs
• JavaFX TableView Filter - Filtering a TableView
• JavaFX TableView Cell Renderer - A custom cell renderer for TableView
• JavaFX Event Handlers and Change Listeners - How to handle user events on common JavaFX 2 controls
• JavaFX Snapshot as PNG Image - Make a Screenshot of a JavaFX GUI
• JavaFX Date Picker - JavaFX Calendar control by Christian Schudt

To see all blog posts related to JavaFX see the JavaFX Archive.