Anatoli Fomenko

Gregory Murray

(2161) JavaFX Script - Declarative GUI Programming Language for the Java Platform

Peer-Refereed Talk

Wednesday, 2007-06-27, 11:20 - 12:00, Arena 8

• Anatoli Fomenko - Sun Microsystems Inc. (speaker)
• Gregory Murray - Sun Microsystems, Inc (co-speaker)

Topics

• Java on mobile devices
• Web 2.0, mash-ups and AJAX
• Java and scripting

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Abstract

JavaFX is a new family of Sun products based on Java technology and targeted at 
the high impact, rich content market. JavaFX Script is a highly productive 
scripting language that enables content developers to create rich media and 
content for deployment on Java environments. JavaFX Script is a declarative, 
statically typed programming language. It has first-class functions, declarative 
syntax, list-comprehensions, and incremental dependency-based evaluation. It can 
make direct calls to Java APIs that are on the platform. Since JavaFX Script is 
statically typed, it has the same code structuring, reuse, and encapsulation 
features (such as packages, classes, inheritance, and separate compilation and 
deployment units) that make it possible to create and maintain very large 
programs using Java technology.