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Java Applets
Forgotten UI in Java

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GUI in Java
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AWT
✖ Java was first released with GUI support in
something called the Abstract Windows Toolkit
(AWT)
✖ AWT was replaced by a new library called Swing

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Swings
✖ Swing was designed primarily for use in desktop
applications

✖ Swing has now been replaced by a completely new GUI

library called JavaFX

✖ You can still use Swing

✖ How long until JavaFX is replaced by something else?

Nobody knows; probably many years
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Moving Java Forward

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JavaFX

From
A NewJavaFX
language
2.0,for
JavaFX
creating
is written
graphical
in user
Java Starting
from
interfaces...
JDK 8, JavaFX is part of JDK

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 JavaFX : Program Structure
public class MyProgram
{
// Body of class
}

Becomes:
import javafx.application.Application;
…
public class MyProgram extends Application
{
// Body of class
}
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JavaFX
First Program

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JavaFX: First Program

✖ JavaFX programs are based on the analogy of a stage (think “theater
stage”).
✖ On the stage are scenes
✖ Think theater: scene’s set will have:
○ actors,
○ props,
○ backdrops,
○ lighting, etc.
✖ In JavaFX, we create the components, add them to scenes, and then
add scenes to the stage
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JavaFX: First Program

✖ In JavaFX, the stage is the window our code runs
in.
✖ Our applications are not limited to a single stage.

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JavaFX in NetBeans

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JavaFX in Eclipse

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Open Eclipse and click on Help. Choose Install a New Software from the list of options
given in the drop down menu.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Type e(fx)clipse in the Name and type 
http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/updates-released/1.2.0/site/in the location.
Press OK to proceed with this repository installation.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Click on Select All and click Next.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Just click Next to continue with the installation.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Now, a software agreement has been shown. Just select the radio box which says I accept
the terms and conditions and click finish.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Now, the software is being installing to the eclipse. Once the process gets over, it shows
a pop-up window which asks to restart the eclipse. Just click Restart Now and wait
while restart process gets done.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Now, we have installed the new software which enables us to create the new JavaFX
Application directly. We just need to click on file and choose new → project from the drop
down options.

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JavaFX in Eclipse
Now, we can see that there is a option of JavaFX project. We can now create JavaFX
application directly. Choose JavaFX Project and click Next.

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