Comments on: JavaFX – Another Misguided Attempt?

By: Tuemmel

Tuemmel — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:21:53 +0000

I really doubt that a web page creator who has no skills in programming will have the ability to understand JavaFx. Even if JavaFx would be as easy to use as msWord or Contribute to create a web-page, even low-level web-applications need some background in programming skills. This way they will end in a library with some popular scripts. There are already tons of precoded stuff online. Then Java and the Ajax are two totally styles of programmig. If they would compare with languages that use a serverside base, too, I could understand. However ajax will be killed by easy, the pure javascript serverside call.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:22:43 +0000

@M
You bring up a good point about mobile environments, and that’s not something that should be overlooked as a bonus with this.

By: M.Schipperheyn

M.Schipperheyn — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:45:47 +0000

I’m quite curious how JavaFX will develop. I feel the Adobe Flex initiative has done a lot to push the rich internet approach to application development. JavaFX seems like another guy jumping on the bandwagon. I agree with your scepticism regarding load times etc. I’m also sorry there is yet another language syntax to learn.

I feel that the place where JavaFX will really shine in the mobile space where Java is ubiquitous and nothing else is. In traditional webland I would want significant startup speed improvements and the option not to be bothered with those pesky security notices all the time before I would even consider it. However, the power of the Java platform in stead of the limitations of Flash is something to consider.