Chas,

You have plenty to say, considering you've never used JavaFX
Script ;-)

Here's a reality check...

I've been programming complex graphics, in a variety of languages, for
over twenty five years, since I was a kid. On everything from early 8-
bit microcomputers, through high-end vector and raster graphics
systems from companies like Evans & Sutherland and Silicon Graphics
(when those were hot companies!), to modern workstations and desktop
computers running Unix, Mac OS, and Windows.

There's no doubt about this - JavaFX Script is *the* most fun and
productive way for coding graphical applications ever created. That
makes it potentially a massively important new technology.

Sure, some nice, flexible off-the-shelf components are absolutely
needed for the everyday stuff like building forms and charts.  A
useful bunch of those are coming in the next release, as I understand
it.

And sure, there's a whole bunch of other issues with the platform as a
whole that will need to be resolved before it will see widespread
adoption. No technical red flags though (although, maybe some rocket
science required).  Bottom line is: Oracle has a huge opportunity with
JavaFX. I hope it takes it.

On May 6, 9:41 pm, Chas Emerick <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Please note that I've not played with javafx at
> all

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