JavaFX Essentials

Create amazing Java GUI applications with this hands-on, fast-paced guide

About This Book

• Develop amazing gestures –based applications and an interactive JavaFX application powered by leap motion devices
• Get in touch with the right tools to rapidly develop your JavaFX application and give you essential hands-on experience with JavaFX 8
• A step-by-step guide with examples to help you develop applications

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.

In Detail

JavaFX is a software platform to create and deliver rich Internet applications (RIAs) that can run across a wide variety of devices.

JavaFX Essentials will help you to design and build high performance JavaFX 8-based applications that run on a variety of devices.

Starting with the basics of the framework, it will take you all the way through creating your first working application to discovering the core and main JavaFX 8 features, then controlling and monitoring your outside world. The examples provided illustrate different JavaFX and Java SE 8 features.

This guide is an invaluable tutorial if you are planning to develop and create JavaFX 8 applications to run on a variety of devices and platforms.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Started with JavaFX 8
Chapter 2. JavaFX 8 Essentials and Creating a Custom UI
Chapter 3. Developing a JavaFX Desktop and Web Application
Chapter 4. Developing a JavaFX Application for Android
Chapter 5. Developing a JavaFX Application for iOS
Chapter 6. Running JavaFX Applications on the Raspberry Pi
Chapter 7. Monitoring and Controlling Arduino with JavaFX
Chapter 8. Interactive Leap Motion Apps with JavaFX