Sun Microsystems has been relatively quiet about its JavaFX platform since announcing it at JavaOne in May. This week the platform gets a boost with the release of the OpenJavaFX Compiler.

JavaFX 2.0, an upgrade to the Java-based rich client application environment started by Sun Microsystems, is due to move to a public beta phase this spring with general availability planned for ...

In Jonathan Giles 's post An FX Experience Retrospective , he starts by looking at the history of JavaFX and focuses on "what has happened in the world of JavaFX" in 2011.