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JavaFXOne is Going to Rock! (JavaFX Sessions at JavaOne 2008)

I'm getting excited about presenting at, and attending, JavaOne this year.  There will be lots of JavaFX sessions that show how far JavaFX has come in one year, as well as (hopefully) disclosing some closely guarded plans for the future.

For your convenience, I did a search on JavaFX sessions at the JavaOne 2008 Conference Catalog site, which returned the following sessions:

TS-5152	Overview of the JavaFX™ Script Programming Language	Technical Session	Christopher Oliver, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6271	Java™ Platform, Standard Edition: A Youthful Maturity	Technical Session	Danny Coward, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-4794	A JavaFX™ Script Programming Language Tutorial	Technical Session	James Weaver, LAT
TS-5138	The JavaFX™ Platform: Sexy Interfaces For Mere Mortals	Technical Session	Joshua Smith, Aerospace & Defense
TS-6290	Applets Reloaded: Introducing the Next-Generation Java™ Plug-in Technology	Technical Session	Sven Gothel, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Kenneth Russell, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PAN-7372	Case Studies from the JavaFX™ Technology World	Panel Session	Erik Hellman, IBS JavaSolutions AB; Jeff Martin, ReportMill Software, Inc.; Raghavan Srinivas, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Jo Voordeckers, Dolmen/JCS
TS-6610	Inside The JavaFX™ Script Technology-Based Runtime APIs: Scene Graph & WebKit	Technical Session	Igor Kushnirskiy, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Hans Muller, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-7051	JavaFX™ Mobile Platform Architecture and APIs	Technical Session	Craig Newell, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Noel Poore, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-5804	Meet with the JavaFX™ Tools Team	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Nandini Ramani, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Gerard Ziemski, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-6511	The Java™ Media Components API BOF	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Brian Burkhalter, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Tony Wyant, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-5936	Meet the Java 2D™ API Graphics and Java Advanced Imaging Team	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Jim Graham, Sun Microsystems; Phil Race, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-5965	3-D Graphics APIs for the Java™ and JavaFX™ Platforms	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Kevin Rushforth, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Chien Yang, Sun Microsystems Inc
TS-5449	Java™ Technology for Blu-ray and TV: Authoring for Performance Diversity	Technical Session	Bill Foote, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-5968	JavaFX™ Platform Tools Strategy and Direction	Technical Session	Martin Ryzl, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Param Singh, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-5815	Going Mobile with JavaFX™ Script Technology, Groovy, and Google Android	Technical Session	Dierk König, Canoo Engineering AG; Mike Mannion, Canoo Engineering AG
TS-6019	A Look into Development for the JavaFX™ Mobile/TV Platform with the NetBeans™ IDE	Technical Session	Petr Suchomel, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6074	High-Performance Graphics for Mobile Devices	Technical Session	Pavel Petroshenko, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Oleg Pliss, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6609	Using JavaFX™ Script To Build Swing Applications	Technical Session	Amy Fowler, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Hans Muller, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6213	Boldly Go Where the Java™ Programming Language Has Never Gone Before	Technical Session	Geert Bevin, Terracotta
TS-6509	Incorporating Media into JavaFX™ and Java™ Technology-Based Applications	Technical Session	Marc Owerfeldt, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Tony Wyant, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-5501	Java™ Champions BOF: The Latest Buzz, Highlights, and Panel Discussion	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Calvin Austin, SpikeSource, Inc.; Aaron Houston, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Manfred Riem, Java Champion
BOF-5992	How to Build RESTful Clients with the JavaScript™, Ruby, and JavaFX™ Programming Languages	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Ayub Khan, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Samaresh Panda, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOF-4798	Parleys.com: An Adobe Flex/AIR and JavaFX™ Case Study	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Stephan Janssen, BeJUG
BOF-5506	JavaFX™ TV Platform Overview	Birds-of-a-Feather Session (BOF)	Bartley Calder, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6127	Build Your Own Multitouch Interface with Java™ and JavaFX™ Technology	Technical Session	Angela Caicedo, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Simon Ritter, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-6656	Extreme GUI Makeover: Swing Meets FX	Technical Session	Christopher Campbell, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Shannon Hickey, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TS-5657	JavaFX™ Technology: Bring the Web with You--Multiple Interfaces to Games, Chat, and More	Technical Session	Joshua Marinacci, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Anthony Rogers, Sun Microsystems
TS-5349	So Many Faces: Web 2.0 XD Experience with JavaServer™ Faces and JavaFX™ Technology, Flex, and Windows Presentation Foundation	Technical Session	Ray Lai, Intuit; George Mount, nVidia
LAB-7350	JavaFX™ Technology-Based Applications: Rich Client Applications with Cool Effects	Hands-On Lab	Sridhar Reddy, Sun Microsystems Inc; Raghavan Srinivas, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

In addition to the JavaFX Technical Session above, I'll be teaching a University session on JavaFX Script with Sang Shin on Monday, May 5th (Java University Day).  If you attend one of my sessions, please introduce yourself!

Also, you might check out a JavaFX interview that Harshad Oak of IndicThreads.com conducted with me.  IndicThreads.com is a great resource for developers, and I really appreciated Harshad's professionalism and expertise.

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

Gosling Q&A Video from JavaPolis 2007 - Has Lots to Say about JavaFX

James Gosling had a lot to say about JavaFX Script and JavaFX Moble at JavaPolis 2007.  The video of the Q&A session with James Gosling has just been posted in which he addresses audience questions, a few of which relate to JavaFX.

The video is twenty-five minutes long, and there is an index that enables you to go directly to each of the questions:

Particulary relevant to JavaFX are the answers that Dr. Gosling gives to the "Where is Swing Going", "What is the future of Java in the RIA space?", and "Why would I use JavaFX instead of Flex?" questions.  It's worth a listen!

JavaFX Script Boot Camp Registration Now Open

I will be offering a 2.5 day JavaFX Script day "boot camp" on Wednesday, April 9 through Friday, April 11, 2008 (ending at noon) in Indianapolis, Indiana. This course is designed to get you quickly up to speed in JavaFX Script application development. A primary reference for this course is my JavaFX Script book, but the course has its own syllabus which includes material covered in the book as well as up to the minute developments in compiled JavaFX Script. Registration is now open, and I am accepting 12 students in this pilot class. The cost of this pilot class will be 900 USD, and additional people from the same company will be 600 USD. You'll need to bring your laptop computer with the latest versions of the JavaFX Script downloads (which I'll specify in more detail as the class date approaches). I'm looking forward to teaching this class and hope that you can attend!

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

Excellent JavaFX Script Presentation by Matthew McCullough

Matthew McCullough of Ambient Ideas co-presented with me on JavaFX Script at the Boulder Java Users Group last evening.  Matthew's JavaFX Script presentation makes a great case for developing rich internet applications in JavaFX Script.  It discusses JRE deployment improvements as well.  There are links to the source code of his JavaFX Script examples on the second Q&A slide.

His presentation also set the stage for me to dive right into code during my part of the presentation.  Mine was a subset of a JavaFX Script presentation that I delivered at JavaPolis a couple of months ago. 

By the way, we're going to do the same presentation tonight (Feb 13, 2008) at the Denver Java Users Group meeting, so if you're in the Denver area, please stop by!

JavaFX Script Boot Camp Registration Now Open!

I will be offering a 2.5 day JavaFX Script day "boot camp" on Wednesday, April 9 through Friday, April 11, 2008 (ending at noon) in Indianapolis, Indiana. This course is designed to get you quickly up to speed in JavaFX Script application development. A primary reference for this course is my JavaFX Script book, but the course has its own syllabus which includes material covered in the book as well as up to the minute developments in compiled JavaFX Script. Registration is now open, and I am accepting 12 students in this pilot class. The cost of this pilot class will be 900 USD. You'll need to bring your laptop computer with the latest versions of the JavaFX Script downloads (which I'll specify in more detail as the class date approaches). I'm looking forward to teaching this class and hope that you can attend!

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

I Hear Voices: Chet Haase on JavaFX

Take a look at this InfoQ interview about JavaFX with Chet Haase, the lead author of "Filthy Rich Clients".  Please check out his book as well, because it will help prepare you for the transition to rich internet application development which I think will very quickly become pervasive this year (2008).

JavaFX Script Boot Camp Announcement

As a heads-up, I will be offering a JavaFX Script 2.5 day "boot camp" on Wednesday, April 9 through Friday, April 11, 2008 (ending at noon) in Indianapolis, Indiana.  This course is designed to get you quickly up to speed in JavaFX Script application development.  A primary reference for this course is my JavaFX Script book, but the course has its own syllabus which includes material covered in the book as well as up to the minute developments in compiled JavaFX Script.  Registration will open soon, and for this pilot class I am accepting 12 students.  The cost of this pilot class will be 900 USD per student.  Additional students from the same organization will be 600 USD.  You'll need to bring your laptop computer with the latest versions of the JavaFX Script downloads (which I'll specify in more detail as the class date approaches).  The prerequisite for the class will be the completion of a JavaFX Script programming assignment that I'll post soon to this weblog.  I'm looking forward to teaching this class and hope that you can attend!

More details to follow,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

New JavaFX Book Available - from Author Ralph Steyer

Congratulations to author Ralph Steyer for writing the book entitled Dynamische und interaktive Java-Applikationen mit JavaFX!  According to the website, it is available in paperback and as an eBook.  This makes three JavaFX books available now, and I've taken the liberty of adding it to the Books page on PlanetJFX.

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

 

I Hear Voices: James Gosling on JavaFX

Here are a couple of interesting interactions with James Gosling, the founder of Java, about JavaFX:

• The first one is a very short snippet on JavaFX Mobile from a presentation that is available on YouTube.  I found the audio to be very low on this, but at 1 minute and 51 seconds it's worth a listen.
• The second one is a very interesting interview in which James discusses a variety of subjects, including JavaFX --  both JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile.

James also did a keynote at JavaPolis 2007 that included JavaFX, and I'll alert you when the video is available.

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site