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JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-Side Applications [Paperback]

James L. Weaver (Author)
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1590599454 978-1590599457 October 10, 2007 1

JavaFX Script makes it easy for developers to quickly develop high quality UI intensive applications very quickly. Developers would like to develop Rich Internet Applications/Rich client side user interfaces quickly and easily with this potential replacement for Ajax and, perhaps, even ActionScript and other scripting found in Flash.

This is the first book that provides a first look at JavaFX Script in its current emergent stage. It gives brief introduction to the JavaFX family of products, and quickly focuses on the JavaFX Script language.

After providing a “quick start” in which the reader downloads tools and creates a simple “Hello World” style program, the book proceeds to cover JavaFX Script concepts and constructs mainly in the context of progressively creating an application that creates “word search” puzzles.


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James L. Weaver is the chief scientist at Learning Assistant Technologies, a company that specializes in developing learner-centric tools. He is also the president of JMentor, a Java mentoring, training, and consulting practice. Lastly, he is an author of Apress’ Beginning J2EE 1.4 and Beginning Java EE 5.


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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (October 10, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590599454
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590599457
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,590,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly out of date., December 15, 2008
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I bought this book because it was the the only thing available for JavaFX at the time. I tried to work through some of the examples, but was disappointed to find out the even the HelloWorld program would not compile. After going a bit deeper, I realized that major keywords have changed, and entire packages have been moved or rewritten or dropped since the book was written. The book also moves very quickly into a fairly complex example program that takes several chapters to complete, and translating between the old syntax and the new syntax doesn't look very easy. Don't get me wrong - this was a well written book at the time. However, due to the number of changes in the JavaFX language, it is at best useless and at worst misleading.

I am a person who likes to learn a new technology by reading a good book, where someone has taken the time to distill the essentials into as compact a form as possible. I can tell you after reading through this book, either wait for the next edition or for one of the other pending books that is based on the 1.0 release of the language. You will find that you are much better off trying to work this technology out from the more correct information that is published on the internet rather than from this book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Wow, horrible that it's on the market. Syntax is not valid!, May 24, 2009
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This book is really out of date. It appears the Author went on the original spec of JavaFX and they changed it somewhere after release. The book is worthless if you are trying to follow the examples with the new updated syntax. I don't think you can blame the author on this, but it really should be pulled from publication. Buyer beware on this book!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Obsolete, April 1, 2009
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Caution! This book is obsolete since March 2008, after Sun has modified the syntax of JavaFX Script.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grid panel, compound border, menu separator, attribute initializers, array literal notation, layout widget, declarative code, planets sequence, builder application, month attribute, false row, word grid, declarative syntax, transform attribute, custom component, fill letters, replace trigger, word randomly, supply code, preceding excerpt, word search puzzle, var keyword, code excerpt, public attribute, named instances
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fun Including, Word Search Builder, Sans Serif, Placed Words, Quick Start, Place Word, Script Developer, Java Swing, Menu Bar, Show Fill Letters, Super Duck, Word Grid Model, Cancel Figure, Word Search Puzzle Builder, Word Search Hand, Public Attributes, Add Word, Java String, Hello World-style, Delete Word, Java System, Inserting Uranus, Unplace All Words, Deleting Pluto, Inserting Pluto
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