JavaFX is a Java library used to develop Desktop applications as well as Rich Internet Applications (RIA). The applications built in JavaFX, can run on multiple platforms including Web, Mobile and Desktops.
JavaFX is intended to replace swing in Java applications as a GUI framework. However, It provides more functionalities than swing. Like Swing, JavaFX also provides its own components and doesn’t depend upon the operating system. It is lightweight and hardware accelerated. It supports various operating systems including Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
History of JavaFX
JavaFX was developed by Chris Oliver. Initially the project was named as Form Follows Functions (F3) . It is intended to provide the richer functionalities for the GUI application development. Later, Sun Micro-systems acquired F3 project as JavaFX in June, 2005.
Sun Micro-systems announces it officially in 2007 at W3 Conference. In October 2008, JavaFX 1.0 was released. In 2009, ORACLE corporation acquires Sun Micro-Systems and released JavaFX 1.2. the latest version of JavaFX is JavaFX 1.8 which was released on 18th March 2014.
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