Foojay Podcast #9: The State of JavaFX Framework, Libraries, and Projects
Plenty of developers still think Java only lives on the server. JavaFX tells a different story, from desktop tools to CAD apps to a brain-computer interface visualizer. To map out where the framework stands today, we brought together five people who build with it and contribute to it. In Foojay Podcast #9 we talked with Pedro Duque Vieira, Sean Phillips, Johan Vos, Gail Anderson, and Dirk Lemmermann.
What we talked about
- The state of the OpenJFX project and its six-month release cycle aligned with Java
- How JavaFX compares to Swing and the maintenance status of older Java UI libraries
- CAD applications built with JavaFX
- The jfx-central.com showcase platform
- Running JavaFX in the browser
- The industry perception of Java as a server-only language
- Pedro’s JavaFX libraries and the wider ecosystem of community libraries
- Mobile development with JavaFX
- JavaFX compared to JavaScript frameworks
- The Trinity application for brain-computer interface visualization
- Oracle’s decision around distributing JavaFX builds
- Upcoming JavaFX features
What stood out
The panel makes one thing clear. JavaFX is not a relic. People ship serious products with it, from engineering tools to scientific visualizations. The community around jfx-central.com and the growing set of libraries keep the framework healthy.
See the Foojay Podcast #9 for all info, shownotes, links, etc.