| By James L. Weaver |
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| December 7, 2007 05:30 AM EST |
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From Jim Weaver's Learn JavaFX Weblog I would like to publicly extend my thanks and appreciation to the talented and diligent JavaFX Script Compiler team for achieving what I consider to be a tipping point in the project. In the last two days lots of compiled JavaFX Script features became functional, including many of the UI components, and much of the graphics functionality.
It's just like Tom Ball (the JavaFX Script compiler project leader) predicted in his
Elephants and the JavaFX Script Compiler blog post:
"An elephant analogy came to me when I was recently grilled about exactly when the JavaFX Script compiler team will deliver our first milestone release. 'I can't give you an accurate date,' I said. 'It's like pushing an elephant through a door*; until a critical mass makes it past the threshold you just don't know when you'll be finished. Once you pass that threshold, though, the rest happens quickly and in a manner that can be more accurately predicted.'"
From my perspective the elephant has made it past the threshold, so in honor of this I've developed a silly "elephant" example that demonstrates some of the features that have become functional in the past couple of days. On this page is a screenshot, on the following page is the code.
James L. (Jim) Weaver is founder and president of jMentor, formed in 2000 to provide Java programming-related training to companies and individuals. He has served as a system architect and developer for over 25 years, specializing in leading-edge software development. His specialties include Java, object-oriented, and web-based technologies. He has authored books on the Java programming language, including most recently JavaFX Script, published by Apress.
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