Essential JavaFX

Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1 Getting Started with JavaFX 1 What You Will Learn 1 1.1 What Is JavaFX? 1 1.2 The JavaFX Bundle 2 1.3 Where to Get JavaFX 3 1.4 Using JavaFX on the Command Line 11 Chapter 2 A Taste of JavaFX 13 What You Will Learn 13 2.1 Introducing JavaFX 13 2.2 Project GuitarTuner 14 2.3 JavaFX Program Structure 17 2.4 Key JavaFX Features 19 2.5 Making Things Look Good 26 Gradients 26 2.6 Doing Things 31 2.7 Source Code for Project GuitarTuner 36 Chapter 3 JavaFX Language 43 What You Will Learn 43 3.1 Variables and Types 43 3.2 Operators 47 3.3 Expressions 50 3.4 Sequences 54 Sequence Literals 54 Printing 3.5 Functions 61 Defining Functions 61 Passing 3.6 Classes and Objects 67 Classes 67 Object 3.7 Inheritance 74 3.8 Triggers 82 On Replace with Variables 82 On 3.9 Script Files and Packages 85 Variable Scope 85 3.10 Exception Handling 89 3.11 JavaFX Keywords 92 Chapter 4 Graphical Objects 93 What You Will Learn 93 4.1 Setting the Stage 93 4.2 Shapes 101 4.3 Paths 114 4.4 Layout Nodes 117 4.5 Geometry 118 Chapter 5 User Interface Components 125 What You Will Learn 125 5.1 JavaFX UI Controls 125 5.2 Swing Components 128 5.3 Swing Example 136 Pizzas Are Circles 136 5.4 Creating Skinnable Components 143 Chapter 6 Anatomy of a JavaFX Application 159 What You Will Learn 159 6.1 Project Piano 159 6.2 PianoKey Components 161 6.3 Building the Keyboard 172 6.4 SwingButtons and Animation 175 6.5 Adding Help and Improving Visual Effects 180 6.6 Source Code for Project Piano 186 Chapter 7 Animation 197 What You Will Learn 197 7.1 Timelines 198 Animation Basics-Moving an 7.2 Timeline Actions 210 7.3 Transitions 217 7.4 Path Animation 225 7.5 Chutes and Ladders 229 Chapter 8 Working with Images 241 8.1 Using Image 241 8.2 Using ImageView 244 8.3 Building a Wall of Photos 256 8.4 Mouse Dragging 262 8.5 Animated Photo Carousel 266 Chapter 9 Web Services 277 What You Will Learn 277 9.1 JavaFK Pull Parsers 277 9.2 JavaFX HttpRequest 288 9.3 Flickr:

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