JavaFX Strikes Back

An airhacks.fm conversation with Johan Vos (@johanvos) about:

Java FX, CodeONE and JavaONE or conferences as trainings camp, Java FX is more applicable now to mobile devices, Java FX and GraalVM teams are working together to improve performance, openjfx.io the new home of JavaFX, Java is a perfect technology for client development, using Java on the client and on the server greatly increases productivity, the beginnings of JavaFX, JavaFX on an iPad, RoboVM the Java to native compiler, RoboVM was used to deploy JavaFX to iOS, JavaFX has the same codebase on mobile and on desktop, Johan Vos is co-lead of openjfx, Oracle is open for community contributions to JavaFX, Oracle provides support for Java 8, what also includes JavaFX 8, JavaFX frontend also makes a Java backend more appealing, openJFX github mirror, openJDK project skara, gluon JavaFX releases, Neil Young on JavaONE, RoboVM was aqcuired by xamarin then Xamarin was acquired by microsoft, RoboVM is still opensource, openJDK mobile project, Android is more problematic than iOS, to run Java 11, Zero: interpreter only openJDK, GraalVM supports LLVM and so iOS and Android platforms, SubstrateVM is like tree shaking for Java, JavaFX UI controls, openJFX controls, main goal of openJFX is long term maintainability, TilesFX JavaFX library for Dashboards, TornadoFX JavaFX for Kotlin, JavaFX charts by DLSC, JFX Days Zurich, JavaFX 3D Visualization and Component Library FXyz3D, SceneBuilder downloads are increasing, JavaFX is comparable to ionic, flutter and Reactive Native, the future of JavaFX is stable, migration from JavaFX 8 to JavaFX 9 had breaking changes caused by the introduction of Java 9 modules, Java's total costs of ownership are low, Gluon Attach allows integration of native device's sensors, JavaFX comes with a WebView which can be used as a bridge, JavaFX WebView is based on recent WebKit, GluonMaps, Gluon CloudLink, Gluon provides LTS support for JavaFX, Gluon Mobile

Johan Vos on twitter: @johanvos, Johan's company: Gluon