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Mastering JavaFX 10

You're reading from   Mastering JavaFX 10 Build advanced and visually stunning Java applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788293822
Length 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sergey Grinev Sergey Grinev
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Stages, Scenes, and Layout 2. Building Blocks – Shapes, Text, and Controls FREE CHAPTER 3. Connecting Pieces – Binding 4. FXML 5. Animation 6. Styling Applications with CSS 7. Building a Dynamic UI 8. Effects 9. Media and WebView 10. Advanced Controls and Charts 11. Packaging with Java9 Jigsaw 12. 3D at a Glance 13. What's Next? 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

SceneBuilder

Finally, having gone through most of the features of FXML, we will look into a great tool to handle them—SceneBuilder. It's an open source tool, primarily developed by Oracle. It can be downloaded from the Oracle site or built from sources—see the instructions at https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX.

Working with a WYSIWYG editor

The What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) conception is extremely useful for building UIs. You can design your application by dragging and dropping components and adjusting their properties:

This is a base SceneBuilder UI. It contains the following components:

  • Drawing board in the middle
  • List of available components in the top-left corner...
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