Does Oracle support JFX at all anymore? The only place I could find the stage builder was through Gluon.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Tomas Mikula <tomas.mik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Felix, > > I'm sure the JavaFX engineers are the first ones who wish that Oracle > invested more resources in JavaFX. Therefore I'm afraid that the anger is > targeted at the wrong crowd here. > > Tomas > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > OK, I have learned my lesson - I will be careful to be strictly on-topic > > and very well behaved in this post. > > > > So, I would simply request if someone could please provide a complete > list > > of all the NEW features that are either planned or possibly going to be > > included in JavaFX 9. > > > > Being totally committed to this awesome toolkit, it's obvious that I am > > extremely excited about all the amazing new features that ISVs like us > will > > soon be able to use to produce world class software! I can't wait! > > > > Obviously, WebGL is a given as are programmable shaders and they will > most > > certainly be very valuable. Naturally TableView will be completely > > rewritten, a 3D Canvas is a must and it goes without saying that the > > rendering pipeline will also be totally scrapped and rebuilt to use the > GPU > > and actually be made performant enough to move more than 2 or 3 nodes > > around the screen at once. > > > > I am even clinging on to the slim hope that my lifelong goal of writing a > > modern version of Pong (which I will call Smell) will finally be possible > > with JavaFX. > > > > Clearly JavaFX 9 will "just work" out of the box on iOS, Android and VIC > > 20. > > > > I am sure I don't even need to mention the features everyone is already > > aware of like official high performance versions for embedded devices > and > > the IoT. > > > > Obviously a game engine will be included along with an advanced physics > > engine and built-in support for monetisation on all those mobile > platforms > > it will run on. > > > > And It goes without saying that not every method in every class will be > > marked final (finally). > > > > The features I am looking forward to the most though are of course the > > JavaFX Asset Store, the animation editor and, especially the highly > > anticipated JavaFX Watch. > > > > But other than these features which most people already know about, what > > are all the other new exciting features? > > > > I know everyone is busy so how about you just rank the top 100 and we can > > do our homework to identify the 500 or so.. > > > > Anyway, congratulations to Oracle executives for really getting behind > > their flagship product and investing the millions of dollars it has taken > > to make such awesome features possible. > > > > I am sure I speak on behalf of the entire JavaFX community in thanking > you > > all for this devotion and enthusiasm and I want you to know just how > > incredibly excited we all are about this extremely significant next > release > > and its ability to change the world of software forever! > > > > Humbly and sincerely, > > > > Felix > > > > >
