Yes, after the failed years of trying to establish JavaFX, they were probably looking for a language more common in the RIA world.
And the <children> tag is ugly. :-) On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Max Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > The <children/> tag sure is fugly... > > -Max > > > On 12/17/11 9:04 AM, Raju Bitter wrote: >> >> That's a bit surprising. I actually like the JavaFX Script syntax, >> looked very clean and compact. >> >> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2.0/api/javafx/fxml/doc-files/introduction_to_fxml.html >> >> <?language javascript?> >> >> <?import javafx.scene.control.*?> >> <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?> >> >> <VBox xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml";> >> <fx:script> >> importClass(java.lang.System); >> >> function handleButtonAction(event) { >> System.out.println('You clicked me!'); >> } >> </fx:script> >> >> <children> >> <Button text="Click Me!" onAction="handleButtonAction(event);"/> >> </children> >> </VBox> >> >> JVM scripting language support >> The<fx:script> tag allows a caller to import scripting code into or >> embed script within a FXML file. Any JVM scripting language can be >> used, including JavaScript, Groovy, and Clojure, among others. >> >> But who'd want to build JavaFX based UIs now? > >
