Sun has unveiled a new open mobile platform called JavaFX, which it hopes will bring open rapid open development to the mobile space, an environment long dominated by telcos and cellular carriers.
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Member since:2007-02-17
Well Silverlight uses .Net so I'm guessing that they would use whatever language is supported in .net. I think python is one of those languages. If that is true then that is a huge win right their because the language is fairly powerful and established. I personally like javafx better at the moment if only because it's the only real open alternative at the moment. If Sun releases it to the public then some hackers could fix the issues with the language.
Member since:2005-06-29
Member since:2005-07-06
"I think python is one of those languages. If that is true then that is a huge win right their because the language is fairly powerful and established."
What makes you think Python would make a good language for developing multimedia application? Being established and powerful doesn't mean it is the right tool for the job.
I am primarily a Java developer and do quite a bit of Flash (ActionScript) development on the side. I have not looked at JavaFX yet, but I will be honest with you I'm skeptical. Plus you can't rely on a functional JRE on the client workstation. Until they prove they can make the JRE as ambiguous as the flash player JavaFX is going nowhere.
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2005-07-21
Hi,
Don't know the competitors (Flash, Silverlight), maybe they are even more ugly 
but in the tutorials I've seen they not only create the gui. They also use JavaFX for some logic behind the GUI.
But nevertheless: It looks strange
Greetings
Mike