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JavaFX 1.2: An introduction for developers

Monday, June 8th, 2009

As a developer I’m starting to become somewhat picky with the technologies I spend my time to learn since there are so many “pet” programming languages, new toolkits, new frameworks, etc. JavaFX launched approximately a year ago. I’ve already got a pretty good grasp on Adobe’s Flash/Flex tools as well as a working knowledge of Microsoft’s Silverlight. I have limited time in how much I can digest new technologies so I don’t like to spend my time with something I won’t potentially use. With that said I’ve recently taken a look at JavaFX to see what it might offer.

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