JavaFX What's New 
This is a chronological list of featured articles and tech tips.
November
JavaFX How-To Topics
Learn how to perform the tasks most commonly required for developing JavaFX applications. Look up the solution that best answers your question.
Java Warehouse Goes International
Sun is opening the Java Warehouse to developers in selected countries. Developers in these countries can submit applications for free distribution in the U.S.
Creating an Image Slideshow
Learn how to create an Image Slideshow with animated fade transitions. This step-by-step tutorial is accompanied by a screencast on how to program the application with the NetBeans IDE.
Silicon Valley JavaFX User Group
Silicon Valley joins
Japan as the site of a JavaFX User Group. JavaFX team lead Richard Bair is the speaker at Its first meeting on December 9, 6 p.m., Mountain View, California.
October
Using Layout Containers
This tutorial suggests tips for improving the dynamic layout behavior of your application using the new layout containers.
JavaFX Partner Program
This new JavaFX program offers substantial benefits to companies who meet the qualifying criteria.
September
JavaFX Users
Unleash your opinion. Tell us what you think about JavaFX features and about your development environment.
August
Mixins in JavaFX 1.2 Technology
Learn about the mixin class, a new feature in JavaFX 1.2 that offers programmers a simplified form of multiple inheritance.
Canoo's Music Pinboard Application
The Canoo Engineering's demo site offers two videos on how it uses JavaFX to develop its graphically rich Music Pinboard media-browser application.
July
June
JFXtras Release
This JFXtras 0.5 release updates the project with JavaFX 1.2 support (including Mobile deployment!), plus a major overhaul of the Shapes, Borders, and Layouts.
May
April
NetBeans IDE 6.7 Beta
This release introduces integration with Project Kenai, a collaborative environment for developers.
JFXtras Core Update
JavaFX community developer Steve Chin announced release 0.4, which includes new features such as styleable borders.
Use JavaFX to Ensure The Jump
A strange phenomenon is occurring with increased frequency across the globe. Another Jump is coming and we need your help.
Two Products in One Bundle
For your convenience, Sun has bundled Java SE 6 Update 13 and the JavaFX 1.1 SDK, each with its own license.
Welcome, Tor Norbye!
We're happy to note that Tor Norbye will be working on the JavaFX Designer tool, and he says more about that in his popular
blog.
Japanese Users' Group
Introducing a new JavaFX Japanese community portal, initiated by the community. JavaFX users can freely communicate and exchange ideas and information in Japanese.
March
JavaFX Coding Challenge
Design and submit a new application using JavaFX, and win up to $25,000. Open to professional developers and students.
Upcoming Books on JavaFX
You can preview a number of books on developing RIAs with JavaFX, including:
February
Pet Catalog Photos Example Application
Sun's Carol McDonald's JavaFX application is a succinct example of a multi-tier application in which JavaFX is the UI. It displays pet photos retrieved from a RESTful Pet Catalog app (implemented using JAX-RS), complete with source code.
Migrating from JavaFX 1.0 to JavaFX 1.1
JavaFX community developer Steve Chin provides a summary of changes for migrating from JavaFX 1.0 to the JavaFX 1.1 release. It offers details from the compiler team on subtle changes with recommended workarounds, and complements the official release notes.
January
WidgetFX 1.0 Release
The 1.0 release of he open-source desktop widget platform written in JavaFX Script is now available. Java developer Stephen Chin blogs about it on his
website, or you can go to the
project homepage.
JavaFX Tip Party
Finally, a
JavaFX example farm! While that's getting populated, here's a compendium of recent development tips on using the JavaFX 1.0 SDK:
JavaFX Skins Game
This blog explains how to create a new skin in JavaFX, and how to dynamically substitute the skin in a program -- without recompiling -- by altering a CSS stylesheet.
Does Your Mobile Speak JavaFX?
JavaFX Mobile staff engineers Jan Sterba and Juraj Svec promise demos a-plenty at their presentation on January 21 at the Mobile & Embedded Developer Days (M3DD) event.
JFXtras Project 0.1 Release
The JFXtras open-source project is a suite of utilities and add-ons for the JavaFX language, including support for a Grid Layout, JavaFX Dialog, Unit Testing, and an Asynchronous Worker.
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