JavaFX Script - At a Glance

JavaFX Script is a highly productive scripting language that enables content developers to create rich media and content for deployment on Java environments. JavaFX Script is a declarative, statically typed programming language. It has first-class functions, declarative syntax, list comprehensions, and incremental dependency-based evaluation. It can make direct calls to Java platform APIs. that are on the platform.

Creating an Application With JavaFX Script in the NetBeans IDE Plug-in

Although JavaFX Script makes it very easy to create simple GUIs, it is designed to be capable of supporting GUIs of any size or complexity. JavaFX Script is statically typed, so it has the same code structuring, reuse, and encapsulation features (such as packages, classes, inheritance, and separate compilation and deployment units) that make it possible to create and maintain very large programs using Java technology.

In addition, JavaFX Script is intended to have the same level of IDE/tool support that Swing programmers are familiar within Java technology: an editor with code completion, refactoring, a Javadoc-like documentation tool, a source-level debugger, a profiler, and ultimately a visual builder.

JavaFX Script will work with all major IDEs, including NetBeans, which is the reference implementation IDE for Java development.

JavaFX Script is specifically designed to optimize the creative process of building rich and compelling UIs, leveraging Java Swing, Java 2D, and Java 3D for developers and content authors. These RIAs and next-generation services that can be proliferated across virtually any device — from phonetop or desktop browsers and mobile devices, to set-top boxes and Blu-ray Discs — securely and without local installation.

JavaFX Script applications will run on JavaFX Mobile software, making these types of applications a reality for the mobile world.