JavaFX 1.2 Application Development Cookbook电子书

JavaFX 1.2 Application Development Cookbook

Table of Contents

JavaFX 1.2 Application Development Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with JavaFX

Introduction

The Java proposition

Enter JavaFX

Installing the JavaFX SDK

Getting ready

Minimum system requirements

How to do it...

Installation on Windows

Installation on Mac OS

Installation on Ubuntu Linux and OpenSolaris

How it works...

Setting up JavaFX for the NetBeans IDE

Getting ready

How to do it...

NetBeans installation on Windows

Installation on Mac OS

Installation on Ubuntu Linux and OpenSolaris

How it works...

There's more...

Download JavaFX NetBeans plugin

See also

Setting up JavaFX for the Eclipse IDE

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using javafxc to compile JavaFX code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating and using JavaFX classes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Object literal initialization

There's more...

Initialization block

See also

Creating and using variables in JavaFX

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There's more...

Explicit type declaration

Implicit coercion

JavaFX types

Variable scope

Script level

Instance level

Local level

See also

Using binding and triggers to update variables

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Binding to variables

Binding to a conditional

Binding to a code block

Binding to a function

Bind to an object literal

There's more...

Using triggers

See also

Creating and using JavaFX functions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Bound functions

The run() function

See also

Integrating your JavaFX code with Java

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There is more...

Implementing a Java interface in JavaFX

See also

Creating and using JavaFX sequences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There is more...

Sequence operators

Sequence operations

Sequence slices

Sequence loop query

Working with JavaFX String

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There is more...

Using JavaFX localization

2. Creating JavaFX Applications

Introduction

Building a JavaFX application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Decomposing the application

See also

Drawing simple shapes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Polyline and Polygon

Arc

Bézier curves

See also

Creating complex shapes using Path

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating shapes with constructive area geometry

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Drawing letter shapes using the Text class

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Text origin

Text wrapping

Text alignment

Embolden your font

Locating fonts

See also

Handling user input

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Arranging your nodes on stage

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Making your scripts modular

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Script versus module

Organize your code into packages

Access modifiers

See also

Creating your own custom node

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Controlling your application's window style

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Controlling opacity

See also

Going full-screen

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

3. Transformations, Animations, and Effects

Introduction

The JavaFX animation framework

Modifying shapes with the Transformation API

Getting started

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating simple animation with the Transition API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The Timeline

See also

Composing animation with the Transition API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Building animation with the KeyFrame API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Interpolation

Using the Timeline class as a timer

See also

Creating custom interpolators for animation

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Morphing shapes with the DelegateShape class

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using data binding to drive animation sequences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Applying cool paint effects with gradients

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating your own customized Paint

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

See also

Adding depth with lighting and shadow effects

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating your own Text effect

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding visual appeal with the Reflection effect

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

4. Components and Skinning

Introduction

Creating a form with JavaFX controls

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Displaying data with the ListView control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using a custom data model with ListView

See also

Using the Slider control to input numeric values

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Showing progress with the progress controls

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating a custom JavaFX control

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Embedding Swing components in JavaFX

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Wrapping custom Swing controls into JavaFX node

Creating a Swing control façade from JavaFX

See also

Styling your applications with CSS

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

JavaFX CSS

Styling Text nodes with CSS

Styling Paint properties with CSS

See also

Using CSS files to apply styles

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Pseudo-classes

Cascading styles

See also

Skinning applications with multiple CSS files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

5. JavaFX Media

Introduction

Accessing media assets

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Loading and displaying images with ImageView

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Format support

Asynchronous loading issues

Image resize and aspect ratio

See also

Applying effects and transformations to images

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating image effects with blending

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Playing audio with MediaPlayer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Playing video with MediaView

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating a media playback component

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

6. Working with Data

Introduction

Storage API

REST-style development

Data visualization

Saving data locally with the Storage API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Storage organization

Local storage configuration

Accessing remote data with HttpRequest

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

HTTP methods

See also

Downloading images with HttpRequest

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Posting data to remote servers with HttpRequest

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Uploading files to servers with HttpRequest

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Building RESTful clients with the PullParser API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom parsing

See also

Using the Feed API to create RSS/Atom clients

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Handling RSS

Handling Atom

Override default parsing behavior

See also

Visualizing data with the JavaFX chart API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Chart customization

7. Deployment and Integration

Introduction

The unified programming model

Building and packaging your app with an IDE

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Building and packaging your app with javafxpackager

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Automating your JavaFX build with Ant

See also

Packaging your app to be Web Start(ed)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Packaging your app as an applet

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Overriding the JNLP file name

See also

Passing arguments to JavaFX applications

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Accessing all arguments

Command-line arguments

JVM arguments

See also

Making your applets drag-to-install

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

AppletStageExtension Hooks

Preventing unintentional dragging

Control post-installation behavior

See also

Controlling JavaFX applets from JavaScript

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Type crossing JavaScript to JavaFX

Accessing the Scene graph

Accessing JavaScript from JavaFX

See also

8. The JavaFX Production Suite

Introduction

Loading multiple images dynamically

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Exporting Adobe Photoshop graphics to JavaFX

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The FXD data file

What gets exported

Exporting Adobe Illustrator graphics to JavaFX

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What gets exported

See also

Exporting Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to JavaFX

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What gets exported

Features not supported

Inkscape and JavaFX

See also

Using objects loaded from FXZ files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using FXDNode to load objects

Accessing Group nodes directly

Accessing objects directly

Placing non-orphaned nodes

Using FXDNode to load object asynchronously

Event notifications through FXDLoader

See also

A. Mobile JavaFX

B. JavaFX Composer

C. JavaFX Products and Frameworks

D. Best Practices for Development

E. Best Practices for Deployment

Index