Java FX 8 Essentials: Create amazing Java GUI applications with this hands-on, fast-paced guide

Mohamed Taman

juni 2015 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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Key Features

Book DescriptionIf you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.What you will learn

• Deliver complex, compelling, and high performance JavaFX 8 applications with new impressive Java SE 8 core features and enhancements
• Run JavaFX applications on embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi
• Use Scene Builder to create and define UI screens graphically and save them as JavaFX FXMLformatted files
• Develop amazing gesturebased applications and an interactive touchless JavaFX application with Leap motion devices
• Get handson knowledge about mobile development and create native JavaFX applications for Apple iOS and Android platforms
• Use JavaFX with an Arduino board to develop desktop applications to monitor data coming from the real world or control real devices

Who this book is for

If you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.

Om författaren

Mohamed Taman is an Enterprise Architect/Senior Software Engineer at WebCentric Company. He is a frequent consultant with around 20+ years' experience in Java. He holds a Diploma in Computer and Automatic Control in 1999, and a BSc in computer systems engineering, with a major in Electrical Engineering in 2005. He formerly lived in Cairo, Egypt, but has just relocated to Belgrade, Serbia. Mohamed's experiences strongly include development in Java and JavaScript, web, mobile, and IoT for industries including financial, banking, tourism, government, and healthcare; he has worked for Pfizer, Silicon Expert, Google, Oracle, and e-finance. He has worked with a number of technologies including UX, user-facing GUI frontend engineering, DevOps, cloud computing, AI, ML, big data, Blockchain, backend, mid-tiers, and integrations of large-scale systems in Agile environments. Mohamed enjoys talking at international conferences to evangelize Java standards, Java EE, Java SE, and his experience in different domains, as he is a very knowledgeable Java community member. He worked closely with the teams responsible for the development of the JDK and Java EE. In addition, he is a member of Adopt-a-JSR of Java EE 8, OpenJDK 9, 10, and 11, and JavaFX programs. He is a JCP member, was 2014 JCP Executive Committee member, and is on the Java Community Process (JCP) expert group (EG) for JSRs 354, 363, and 373. Community-wise, Mohamed is a Java Champion, Oracle Developer Champion, EGJUG leader, MoroccoJUG member, and Oracle Egypt Architects Club board member, and won the 2014 and 2015 Duke's choice awards, 11th annual JCP adopt 2013 awards, and United Nations Mobile Hackathon 2015, gaining second place worldwide. Mohamed is the author of his own blog http://tamanmohamed.blogspot.com, a Most Valuable Blogger (MVB) at DZone, and a Java Code Geek. Mohamed authored the JavaFX Essentials book for Packt Publishing and was a reviewer of Getting Started with Oracle Public Cloud for Packt Publishing. You can find him on the following channels: Twitter: @_tamanm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/public/Mohamed-Mahmoud-Taman GitHub: https://github.com/mohamed-taman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedtaman/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MohamedTaman e-mail: [e-mail]