Get to know the JavaFX 2 libraries by way of a practical exercise: refactoring a Swing-based text editor into one that leverages the rich UI features of JavaFX (Part 2).

JavaFX, Oracle’s 10-year-old rich client development technology for Java, will be decoupled from the Java Development Kit (JDK) and broken out into its own separate module.

Terpilowski compares Swing and JavaFX, outlines the pros and cons of JavaFX and describes how his team is making the switch in this conversation, based on interviews with TheServerSide at and just ...