Introducing TornadoFX
TornadoFX is a lightweight Kotlin framework around the JavaFXÂ Framework. This means that it will run across all the hardware/operating systems supported by JavaFX, plus it will add Kotlin magic to simplify the coding for us developers.
Before we jump into TornadoFX, let's first understand where JavaFX fits into the scene.
Java-based desktop frameworks
The Java ecosystem is quite advanced in terms of the support it gives for building desktop applications. With the write once, run anywhere philosophy, the Java desktop applications are expected to work well on various heterogeneous platforms, such as Windows, macOS, and all Unix/Linux flavors—wherever a Java virtual machine (JVM) is available.
The Java ecosystem is rich with various flavors of desktop application framework. They are mentioned as follows:
- Java AWT: AWT stands for advanced windowing toolkit. AWT makes use of the native widgets of the underlying platform. This means that a desktop application running on a Windows...
