Oracle has released Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 Update 4 and JavaFX 2.1, Oracle's first releases of the Java Development Kit and JavaFX SDK for Mac OS X. The Java SE 7 Update 4 incorporates a ...

Over the years since the 2007 JavaOne announcement of JavaFX, I have been somewhat critical of what it has to offer. After Oracle’s announcement at JavaOne 2010 that JavaFX would abandon the ...

Note that the discussion in this article is based on the JavaFX APIs in the JavaFX Preview SDK, which will differ somewhat from the APIs in JavaFX SDK 1.x. What you learn here will serve as background ...