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Layout, Controls, and Hybrids at JavaOne

Posted by aim on May 23, 2009 at 12:53 AM EDT
To follow up my article on JavaFX layout, I'll be presenting a section on layout at our JavaOne session on FX UI Controls. At this session, Richard, Jasper, and I will talk in detail about new apis which make it easier to build amazing interfaces:

  • TS-5578 The New World: JavaFXâ„¢ Technology-Based UI Controls
    Thursday June 04 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM North Hall 124
    Richard Bair, Jasper Potts, Amy Fowler

And if you're new to FX, I'd recommend first attending a couple other sessions to get the basics on the FX language and scene graph:

  • TS-5576 Introduction to the JavaFXâ„¢ Script Programming Language
    Tuesday June 02, 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM North Hall 124
    Richard Bair, Stuart Marks

  • TS-5577 Introduction to JavaFXâ„¢ Graphics and Animation
    Tuesday June 02, 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM North Hall 124
    Richard Bair, Stuart Marks, Chien Yeng

And no JavaOne would be complete without our classic, Extreme GUI Makeover. While it will be tough to top Ben Galbraith's presentation from last year, we hope to bring a new twist by making over a client to leverage the strengths of both Swing and JavaFX. If you're a Swing developer who's curious and a bit skeptical of JavaFX, I recommend you check it out:

  • TS-5575 Extreme GUI Makeover (Hybrid Swing and JavaFXâ„¢)
    Wednesday June 03, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Hall E 135
    Amy Fowler, Jasper Potts, Paru Somashekar, David Grieve

And of course we'll be at the usual string of client-side BOFs tuesday night and hanging out between sessions. I hope to see you there. Bring your toughest layout questions.
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Comments

by surikov - 2009-05-26 08:26

look to this demo http://jfxstudio.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/the-graphic-database-front-end... - i think this is the best candidad for JavaFX Extreme GUI Makeover

by mnicosia - 2009-06-07 22:52

I didn't get a clear idea about the ability to add JavaFX to existing Swing apps. I did attend the GUI Makeover that discussed the other way (Using Swing in JavaFX). What is the status of embedding JavaFX into Swing? Any projects in work related to that?

by aim - 2009-06-07 21:02

Alas, although the JavaFX compiler is open-source (/openjfx-compiler.dev.java.net/), the rest is not. However, you don't need source to use JavaFX -- download the 1.2 SDK and try it out (www.javafx.com/).

by mnicosia - 2009-06-07 00:18

Amy, I was at a few of your sessions at JavaOne and am interested in using JavaFX in an existing Swing desktop application. In particular I am interested in using cool graphic effects. I was curious about the availability of the JavaFX source code. Is this open source?

by jesperdj - 2009-06-04 12:00

I have just been to your session (TS-5578). I'm still very new with JavaFX, but the new controls look great! Your session really made me enthousiastic about JavaFX. Creating nice GUIs looks so much more easy with JavaFX than with Swing or HTML / CSS / JavaScript. I also love the charts that are included. But please add more basic controls like the combobox and table before spending too much time on things like charts!

by aim - 2009-06-09 18:59

Right now there is no supported mechanism for embedding an FX scene into a Swing app, however Richard Bair and Jasper Potts worked out a hack which Josh Marinacci wrote up in a blog (http://blogs.sun.com/javafx/entry/how_to_use_javafx_in); use with caution, of course. Hack aside, this issue is on our internal radar and we discussed possible solutions at great length during a team offsite today. In the meantime, I recommend going the other way -- bring in large portions of your Swing hierarchy onto an FX Stage.

by willismorse - 2009-06-09 08:57

Amy, can you comment on the topic of embedding JavaFX into Swing apps? Is this on the radar internally?

by willismorse - 2009-06-16 10:22

Thanks for the update Amy. Sorry I missed this before I commented on your new blog entry.