JavaFX 1.2 has many new features, not the least of which is a stone-simple way of reading RSS and Atom feeds. The new classes that contain much of this functionality are javafx.data.feed.rss.RssTask and javafx.data.feed.atom.AtomTask, respectively.
Take a look at this post by Rakesh Menon that shows you how to create news tickers with these classes.
Also, I'll give a free copy of the Pro JavaFX early access eBook (rewritten for 1.2) to the first person that leaves a comment with the name of the inventor of the Stock Ticker shown in the image above. :-)
Update: We have two winners of the Pro JavaFX early access eBook: Steve Sobczak, and Warren Strange (author of the Strange Brew blog). Steve asserted that Edward A. Calahan invented the stock ticker, and Warren asserted that Thomas Edison did. I'm giving a book to each of them, citing the following paragraph from The Stock Ticker Company web site:
"Edward A. Calahan invented the first stock ticker, which was introduced to the New York Stock Exchange in 1867. A young Thomas Edison improved on Calahan's design and made the stock ticker easier to use and maintain. It was Edison's first profitable innovation, and it introduced him to the powerful Wall Street businessmen who funded his subsequent inventions such as the phonograph, the light bulb, and motion pictures. It is the Universal Stock Ticker that we have reproduced."
Congratulations Steve and Warren!
Regards,
Jim Weaver
An awesome news!!!!
i mean, it's great when you get the good news, always make you comfortable know that kind of stuff, no matter what it is, a good news make your day, otherwise, nobody wants to get a bad news, those are terrible, obviously, anyway, nice blog, i'll keep on touch, i like the way you write things!!!
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I almost wrote an rss reader in JavaFX 1.1 for practice. Glad I picked Twitter instead.
On a more serious note, the stock ticker were actually invented by little grey aliens. The same ones that built the pyramids and invented the burrito.
Posted by: Bill Robertson | June 19, 2009 at 07:20 PM
Thanks a million, Jim! I just finished downloading all of the eBook your little contest blessed me with and I plan on getting into it tonight. I've been working with JavaFX for months and have been crying for a book to come along like this. Your blog has helped a lot, too!
Posted by: Steve Sobczak | June 19, 2009 at 05:35 PM
Congratulations to both Steve and Warren for winning the Pro JavaFX early access eBook!
Jim Weaver
Posted by: Jim Weaver | June 19, 2009 at 02:28 PM