BorderPane reveals a significant difference between JavaFX and Swing. Unlike Swing’s BorderLayout , which focuses on layout management only, BorderPane combines layout management with containment.

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.. Making JavaFX its ...

In spite of JavaFX's steep learning curve, its "eye candy factor" convinced Lynden Inc. senior software architect Rob Terpilowski to leave Swing behind and use JavaFX to design rich user interfaces ...