The state of JavaFX framework, libraries and projects (#9)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK!

JavaFX was introduced by Sun Microsystems in May 2007 and provides a platform for desktop, mobile, and embedded systems built on Java. Let's talk about the JavaFX framework itself, but also about the libraries and applications that are built with it.
Guests

• Pedro Duque Vieira (@p_duke)
• Sean Phillips (@seanmiphillips)
• Johan Vos (@[email protected], @johanvos)
• Gail Anderson (@gail_asgteach)
• Dirk Lemmermann (@dlemmermann)

Podcast host

• Frank Delporte (@[email protected], @frankdelporte)

Content

• 00'00 Intro and music
• 00'16 About the topic of this podcast
• 00'57 Introduction of guests and host
• 05'30 State of JavaFX/OpenJFX project
• 09'40 6-month release cycle of JavaFX (= Java)
• 11'52 Comparing JavaFX with Swing
• 14'12 Different Java UI libraries
• 14'52 Blog posts on Foojay
  • https://foojay.io/today/author/gail-anderson/
• 17'34 CAD application by Petro
  • https://foojay.io/today/creating-cad-applications-with-java-and-javafx/
• 18'42 Applications by Dirk
• 19'43 jfx-central.com, a showcase for JavaFX
• 24'46 JavaFX in the browser
  • https://gluonhq.com/developer-preview-for-javafx-inside-a-web-browser/
  • https://github.com/jtulach/bck2brwsr
  • https://webfx.dev/
  • https://www.jpro.one/
  • https://gluonhq.com/products/cloudlink/
• 27'01 Java is considered to be a server-only language, while no big company is pushing JavaFX
• 30'14 Libraries by Pedro
  • https://www.jfx-central.com/people/p.vieira
  • https://foojay.io/today/new-java-javafx-library-fxskins-released/
• 32'52 The many available JavaFX libraries
  • https://www.jfx-central.com/libraries
• 35'34 Mobile development with JavaFX
  • https://start.gluon.io/
  • https://github.com/gluonhq/substrate
• 39'05 JavaFX versus JavaScript frameworks
• 41'12 Introduction Sean
• 42'16 Trinity application
  • https://foojay.io/today/visualizing-brain-computer-interface-data-using-javafx/
• 47'20 Sean thanks guests and community
• 48'50 Pedro and Dirk about their libraries used in applications
  • https://twitter.com/potus/status/1422282055715594245
• 51'42 JavaFX developers are working hard on amazing stuff and don't have time to promote their work
• 56'00 Oracle announced they will distribute builds of JavaFX
• 57'19 Next versions of JavaFX
• 59'05 Conclusion