Overview

JavaFX is a family of products for creating the next generation of rich internet applications (RIA) with multimedia and content for a variety of platforms, including desktop, browser-based, and mobile devices. In this full day workshop Web developers and Java programmers can learn how to develop rich internet applications using many features of JavaFX. It provides an overview of JavaFX and teaches the key aspects of the JavaFX Script programming language. Through hands-on labs you will create a JavaFX application that incorporates animations and special effects, multimedia, and web services. You will also use the NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0, which includes support for developing, debugging, and deploying JavaFX applications.

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are Web developers and experienced Java programmers interested in creating rich internet applications (RIA) for desktops and browsers.

Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should have:

• Java programming experience
• Knowledge of JavaScript and PHP (Recommended)

Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Install NetBeans with JavaFX
• Run a sample
• Create a simple JavaFX application
• Add images and multimedia to the application
• Incorporate some Java language into the application
• Add a web service to the application
• Add animation to the application
• Deploy the application