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Richard is a longtime speaker and member of the Swing Team at Sun Microsystems. He has his roots as an application developer turned toolkit developer and is the lead of the component toolkit API for JavaFX. He is a frequent presenter and teams up frequently with other UI luminaries to produce demos for JavaOne and other conferences. As an application developer he had a specific penchant for databases and multi-tier design,

Keep your FX Code Clean (My version)

def backgroundImage = Image { url: "{__DIR__}background.png" };
var verticalPositionOfLine:Number;

var s = Stage {
    title: "Background Image"
    scene: Scene {
        width: 200
        height: 232
        content: [
            ImageView { image: backgroundImage },
            // Paints two moving lines
            Group {
                translateY: bind verticalPositionOfLine
                content: [
                    Line { startX:0, startY:20, endX:200, endY:0, stroke:Color.RED }
                    Line { startX:0, startY:30, endX:200, endY:10, stroke:Color.RED }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

// Start the line animation
Timeline {
    repeatCount: Timeline.INDEFINITE
    keyFrames: [
      at (0s) { verticalPositionOfLine => -20 }
      at (3s) { verticalPositionOfLine => 200 tween Interpolator.LINEAR }
    }
}.play();
s

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