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JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Average Rating: 3.0
Price: $22.49
Author: James L. Weaver
Manufacturer: Apress
ISBN13: 9781590599457
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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JavaFX Script makes it easy for developers to quickly develop high-quality UI-intensive applications very quickly. As JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications demonstrates, developers can develop Rich Internet Applications and 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 firstPress book on JavaFX Scriptcovers the following topics:

  • The fundamentals of the JavaFX suite of technologies and the foundations of JavaFX Script and available tools
  • How to create a Wordsearch application
  • How to augment and enhance the Wordsearch application after learning more advanced JavaFX Script features such as classes, objects, UI components, and constructs.

What you’ll learn

  • Understand the JavaFX family and JavaFX Script and its relationship to the Java/Java SE 6 platform.
  • Set up a JavaFX Script development and execution environment culminating in a Hello JFX application.
  • Create a Wordsearch application and explore important JavaFX Script concepts by doing so.
  • Survey the JavaFX UI Components including the commonly used ones that go into further building and enhancement of the Wordsearch application frame and menu structure.
  • Use more advanced JavaFX Script language constructs for extending the Wordsearch application.
  • Build JavaFX classes and objects, build the data model for the WordSearch application, and run the data model with a tester program.
  • Develop the view for the Wordsearch application using a data model such as bind as well as drawing on a canvas.
  • Explore more JavaFX Script concepts and possible IDE tie-ins to NetBeans, Eclipse, etc.

Who is this book for?

This book is for content developers and application developers with some programming experience who want to create rich internet applications.

Pro JavaFX™ Platform: Script, Desktop and Mobile RIA with Java™ Technology
Average Rating: 5.0
Price: $31.49
Author: James L. Weaver
Manufacturer: Apress

The highly anticipated JavaFX™ technology and platform, including the latest version 1.2 update, is essentially Sun’s approach to Adobe Flash and Microsoft’s emerging Silverlight. JavaFX lets developers play with the open source scripting, desktop, and mobile APIs offered to create dynamic, seamless visual user interfaces (UIs) that are “Flash–like” and beyond…

Learn from bestselling JavaFX author Jim Weaver and expert JavaFX developers Weiqi Gao, Stephen Chin, and Dean Iverson to discover the highly anticipated JavaFX technology and platform that enables developers and designers to create RIAs that can run across diverse devices. Covering the JavaFX Script language, JavaFX Mobile, and development tools, Pro JavaFX™ Platform: Script, Desktop and Mobile RIA with Java™ Technology is the first book tha fully provides JavaFX version 1.2 code examples that cover virtually every language and API feature.

This book contains the following:

  • Tutorials that teach JavaFX 1.2 to an application developer or graphics designer who has had no exposure to JavaFX. These tutorials will be exhaustive, covering virtually every facet of JavaFX Script and are fully updated for the JavaFX 1.2 release.
  • Reference materials on JavaFX 1.2 that augment what is available from the JavaFX 1.2 Language Reference and API documentation.
  • How to take JavaFX 1.2 to other platforms besides the desktop, such as mobile.

Visit projavafx.com for more resources and information from the authors.

What you’ll learn

  • Get started with JavaFX Script, including downloading the JavaFX SDK 1.2 and available tools.
  • Express user interfaces with declarative scripting.
  • Define classes, functions, and attributes.
  • Use JavaFX 1.2 and associated tools so that an application developer and a graphics designer can effectively collaborate on an application.
  • Uncover the JavaFX 1.2 language and APIs to whatever degree you choose. The tutorials, reference materials, and pointers to resources will be exhaustive.
  • Have fun learning JavaFX 1.2 because of the engaging and friendly style in which it is presented in this book. A lot of people have been waiting for a real 1.2 book to buy and this is it!

Summary of Contents

  1. Getting a Jump Start in JavaFX
  2. Taking a Closer Look at the JavaFX Script Language
  3. Creating a User Interface in JavaFX
  4. Using Functions, Classes and Other Advanced Features
  5. Creating Custom UI Components in JavaFX
  6. Using the Media Classes
  7. Dynamically Laying Out Nodes in the User Interface
  8. Extending JavaFX with Third-Party Libraries
  9. Building a Professional JavaFX Application
  10. Developing JavaFX Mobile Applications
  11. Keywords and Operators

Who is this book for?

General audience: application developers, graphic designers, and IT decision makers. Not only will this book contain technical information for developers and designers, it will build a compelling case for choosing JavaFX 1.2 for web applications and Rich Internet Applications.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

Weaving a Website: Programming in HTML, Java Script, Perl and Java
Average Rating: 3.0
Price: $95.80
Author: Susan Anderson-Freed
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

A comprehensive introduction to web programming, requiring no prior programming experience, this book begins with HTML and moves to progressively more difficult programming languages—JavaScript, Perl, and Java. It emphasizes a hands-on approach, and contains clear instructions for carefully chosen visual examples from a wide variety of topics that will appeal to most individuals—encouraging them to find ways to capture their interests in creative web pages. Chapter topics include fonts and colors; lists; tables; anchors and images; frames and image maps; cascading style sheets; arithmetic, selection, and iteration statements; functions and objects; arrays; forms and form elements; elementary data types; and graphics. For Web Masters, Web Page Developers, and Graphic Designer for Web pages.

JavaScript Essential Training
Average Rating: 3.5
Price: $99.95
Author: Dori Smith
Manufacturer: lynda.com, Inc
JavaScript Essential Training takes viewers through the process of using JavaScript to fully realize a site's potential, from understanding the basics to creating real-world samples. Instructor Dori Smith explains how to work with objects, create buttons and forms that interact with site visitors, make rollovers, menus, slideshows, and countdowns, and take advantage of other practical applications. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

  • Understanding objects
  • Writing a first script
  • Interacting with site visitors
  • Understanding language essentials
  • Creating rollovers and slideshows
  • Building smarter forms
  • Handling events
  • Working with cookies
  • Working with dates and times
  • Manipulating the DOM


Duration: 7 hours
On 1 CD-ROM

Simply JavaScript
Average Rating: 3.5
Price: $26.37
Author: Kevin Yank
Manufacturer: SitePoint
ISBN13: 9780980285802
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Everything you need to learn JavaScript from Scratch!

Packed with numerous examples, Simply JavaScript is a step-by-step introduction to programming in JavaScript the right way. Learn how easy it is to use JavaScript to solve real-world problems, build smarter forms, track user events (such as mouse clicks and key strokes), and design eye-catching animations. Then move into more powerful techniques using the DOM and Ajax.

Learn JavaScript's built-in functions, methods, and properties. Easily integrate JavaScript in your web site. Use JavaScript to validate form entries and interact with your users. Understand how to respond to user events. Create animations that bring your web site to life. Start programming using the DOM and Ajax.

Unlike other JavaScript books, modern best practices such as progressive enhancement, accessibility and unobtrusive scripting are used from the very beginning. All the code in the book is also cross-browser compatible and downloadable for free, so you can get started instantly!