Hi! On Dec 12, 5:22 am, sherod <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that showing some deep integration with the rest of Java > ecosystem would probably show the kind of advantages JavaFX may have > over AIR (for example). > > I mean, examples of sending JMS messages, multi-database connectivity, > threading etc, Swing, PDF viewer, JWebPanel would probably be good.
AIR has built-in SQLite (like Google Gears - http://www.insideria.com/2008/03/air-api-introduction-to-the-sq.html), Webkit for web rendering, uses Adobe Reader (if installed) for PDF rendering (see http://ajaxian.com/archives/adobe-air-fresh-name-for-apollo) and renders Flash natively. So I think for client apps that just connect to server, it's not easy to show huge advantages for a JavaFX client (with the open source AMF for Flex/Flash, Adobe may even have the most compact and fastest client-to-web-server communication protocol - http://brajeshwar.com/2007/adobe-blazeds-flash-remoting-amf-open-source/). The one area where JavaFX as a stand-alone app could shine is by locally accessing Java libraries / OS functionality (AIR doesn't allow this). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
