Get to know the JavaFX 2 libraries by way of a practical exercise: refactoring a Swing-based text editor into one that leverages the rich UI features of JavaFX.

OK, so recall my note from last month on Sun's de-funding of SwingX , and how this indicates the ascendancy of JavaFX as Java's preferred UI. Well, this gets elaborated in a much more interesting ...

I'm playing around with swing and javafx and updating a label from a runnable. It looks like you must do it in some other way with JavaFx since I get: Not on FX application thread; currentThread = ...

In some ways, Sun's JavaFX fannouncement elt more to me like Sun's to reset Java and get the platform back on track than to break new ground. What's your take on the Silverlight vs. JavaFX match-up?

JavaFX was an important part of Sun's strategy for fighting back and restoring Java's client-side relevance, but it was poorly communicated and weakly executed.