“When Java technology was born, it looked around, saw a Web browser and thought it was an applet,” he jokes. His point: Java was miscast as a mobile and portable GUI.

Matthew’s diverse background encompasses full-stack development (Java, JVM languages such as Kotlin, JavaScript, Python, .NET), front-end development (Angular, React, Vue, Svelte) and back-end ...

In this crash course on desktop development in Java, you'll learn the following: The foundations of JavaFX, including the purpose of the Application class and how to override its inherited start () ...