Thanks for the information Josh! I've been really excited about JavaFX and have a small piece integrated into our internal reporting APP here at work. While it was do-able, there were serveral sections that I felt were just "hacks" to get it to work correctly. I'm really looking forward to what is/will be announced in the next couple of months.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > JavaFX will play in both the enterprise space and the consumer space (esp. > since they are overlapping more and more.) Our first versions of JavaFX > focused on just getting the pieces out there and getting graphics, > animation, and media working. Enterprise apps, of course, need controls, so > this is the first release that is more targeted at the enterprise. You'll > start to see why binding is so useful. :) > > On Apr 29, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Michael Kimsal wrote: > > Interesting note Josh. > > "Our goal is to make JavaFX be the easiest way to create UIs for > enterprise apps" > > That's the clearest bit of goal/focus/design that I've heard for JavaFX, > and clears up a lot of potential questions about "why". Having said that, > were you speaking just to the "enterprise"ness of JavaFX, and does > JavaFX have other goals as well? Or is the thinking that JavaFX would > play in the "enterprise" space only, and leave other markets for > Flex/Silverlight to divvy up? > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Our goal is to make JavaFX be the easiest way to create UIs for >> enterprise apps. That said, clearly we aren't there yet. The next >> release of JavaFX is scheduled to be released at JavaOne or shortly >> thereafter. It will definitely have improved controls and layout, as >> well as some other fun stuff. Stay tuned. >> >> - Josh > > > -- > Michael Kimsal > http://jsmag.com - for javascript developers > http://groovymag.com - for groovy developers > 919.827.4724 > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
