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Community Corner Podcast: Josh Marinacci on JavaFX and the Java Store

Posted by editor on July 10, 2009 at 8:52 AM EDT

At last month's JavaOne, Josh Marinacci visited the java.net booth and was interviewed by Ed Ort about his work with JavaFX and the new Java Store. Josh is well known for his work on JavaFX, but he had been secretly working on the Java Store for quite a while by the time JavaOne happened.

Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties during the interview. Still, with a few volume adjustments, you can indeed hear pretty much everything that was said in the podcast.

Josh talks about the latest advances in JavaFX, including the new Version 1.2 release that came out during JavaOne. Among the major recent advances is the addition of Solaris and Linux to the list of platforms that support JavaFX applications.

The interview included many demos of new JavaFX capabilities. Josh said that all the demos he presented, along with lots more, are available on the JavaFX site. There you can also find documentation, tutorials, and the latest JavaFX news and updates.

This interview was actually a Community Corner mini-talk, so there was a live audience that asked plenty of questions. Josh told Ed that one of the questions he has been asked again and again during JavaOne was if the Java Store was limited to Java and JavaFX applications, or if the store was going to be available for Swing applications and applications in other languages. Josh's answer: the Java Store is for any application that runs in a JVM. For example, you could write an app with a Scala GUI and put it into the store.

The Java storefront itself is a JavaFX application. WebStart is used in the store, running in JavaFX. The store's back end is Solaris running GlassFish, with JSPs, etc. Josh didn't know all the server-side details, since his focus has been on the front end, the APIs, etc.

The Java Store will include information for each application in the store that defines dependencies, such as the software that a user must have installed on their system in order to run the application.

I myself didn't get to experience much of the almost 21-minute interview and the Q&A that followed as it happened -- I was in the back trying to resolve the technical issues. I'm happy to say that we did get a listenable podcast out of Josh's visit, and it was indeed a very interesting talk. So, if you're interested in Josh's recent work, JavaFX 1.2, the Java Store, etc., have a listen!

You can find all the Community Corner 2009 podcasts as they are published on the java.net Community Corner Podcasts page.

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