I think JavaFX script is destined to be rewritten as a DSL in at least three other languages that run on the JVM. Ironically, such a move will likely make JavaFX script much less of a niche product than it currently is.
On 28 September 2010 00:00, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > You misunderstood, I guess. > > JavaFX is alive and kicking, and has been announced (for the third > year in a row!) at JavaOne. > > JavaFX *Script* on the other hand, that's probably old hat now. It > might find a life in the community, there's nothing stopping the > language from continuing on, but due to relatively low usage numbers > (through no fault of the language!) I'm not optimistic. > > On Sep 27, 6:33 pm, Jan Goyvaerts™ <[email protected]> wrote: > > This weekend I went to a book fair; mainly huge quantities of old and end > of > > stock books. > > > > Looking to the software engineering books I realized because Oracle threw > > Java back to the iron age, these were actually pretty up to date ! Java > SE 6 > > platform : still the mainstream JDK for the year to come. Swing : because > > JavaFX has been killed, this is still the mainstream GUI api for the two > > years to come ! At least ! > > > > And all those books at home I put aside before reading them (ie. Filthy > > right clients, Scala, ... ) because I was starting with JavaFX... they're > up > > to date again ! > > > > THANK you oracle ! :-D > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
