Re: JavaFX: dead on start?



On 2009-01-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Flex and JavaFX look interesting. Flex, in particular, allows me to build
apps with Flash or HTML/AJAX and doesn't require me to learn a whole new
language. (JavaFX looks very different from Java)

If you happen to already know AS then that argument is valid.

Well, I personally do. Not an AS guru by any stretch of the imagination,
but I know enough to be able to do what I need to do.

BUT, I know HTML and JavaScript inside and out, and *that* makes a big
difference, at least to me. I can basically write AJAX apps that run
in a sandbox on a web page - or on the desktop using the AIR runtime.

One advantage with JavaFX is that even though it is a
different language, then you can use existing
Java libs from it.

I have to take a closer look at both. I think they both hold some promise.


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