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Now built into Java and closely integrated with the NetBeans Platform, JavaFX 8 is today's state-of-the-art Java-based toolkit for creating advanced user interfaces, manipulating media, generating graphical effects and animations, and much more. This guide covers everything you need to know to create industrial-strength business applications with JavaFX 8 and NetBeans -- including how JavaFX impacts user experience design, graphical design, and development processes.
Focusing on JavaFX as the front end for tomorrow's most powerful rich client applications, this is the first book to cover
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Produktbeschreibung
Now built into Java and closely integrated with the NetBeans Platform, JavaFX 8 is today's state-of-the-art Java-based toolkit for creating advanced user interfaces, manipulating media, generating graphical effects and animations, and much more. This guide covers everything you need to know to create industrial-strength business applications with JavaFX 8 and NetBeans -- including how JavaFX impacts user experience design, graphical design, and development processes.

Focusing on JavaFX as the front end for tomorrow's most powerful rich client applications, this is the first book to cover the version of JavaFX 8 incorporated into the Java APIs with the official release of Java SE8, instead of obsolete preview versions.

Gail and Paul Andersen fully explain both JavaFX 8 and its relationships with the NetBeans Platform architecture, and systematically show Java developers how to use them effectively together. To support sophisticated real-world business development, they also thoroughly address JavaFX 8 interactions with backend databases, JavaEE, RESTful web services, and the Jersey client. Each concept and technique is supported by clearly-written code examples proven in their world-renowned JavaOne classrooms. Coverage includes:

NetBeans Platform modules and OSGi modules

Nodes, Lookup, and Components

Building loosely coupled applications

Integrating JavaFX with a Swing-based framework

Effective persistence strategies, and much more

Product Description
JavaFX is a state-of-the-art graphics toolkit that is now built into Java and can be easily integrated with the NetBeans Platform. With JavaFX, you can create advanced user interfaces, manipulate media, generate graphical effects and animations, and much more. The NetBeans Platform provides a framework for building robust, modular applications with long life expectancies. Together, JavaFX and the NetBeans Platform provide the basis for creating visually appealing, industrial-strength applications.

Focusing on JavaFX as the front end for rich client applications, this guide’s examples cover JavaFX 8 with the NetBeans Platform, NetBeans IDE, and Java 8. Gail and Paul Anderson fully explain JavaFX and its relationship with the NetBeans Platform architecture, and systematically show Java developers how to use them together effectively. Each concept and technique is supported by clearly written code examples, proven through extensive classroom teaching.

Coverage includes

Background basics with Java, JavaFX, and UI events

Building loosely coupled applications

NetBeans Platform Modules and Lookup

NetBeans Platform Nodes, Explorer Views, and Actions

Building CRUD-based applications

Integrating JavaFX with a Swing-based framework

Using JavaFX Charts with the NetBeans Platform

Using the NetBeans Platform File System and Data System

Keeping the UI responsive

Features + Benefits

Add rich graphics, animation, and dynamic charts to Java applications

Leverage a sophisticated, modular, fully-functional GUI -- so you can concentrate on business logic instead of scaffolding

Use JavaFX 8 to build applications that are easier to upgrade and maintain

Understand the role JavaFX plays in business development -- and how it impacts user experience designers, graphics designers, and programmers

Contains code developed for Gail and Paul Anderson's internationally-renowned JavaOne training classes: small, crystal-clear examples, plus a larger, incrementally developed case study

Foreword xvii

Preface xix

About the Authors xxiii



Chapter 1: A Tour of the NetBeans Platform 1

What You Will Learn 1

1.1 Background Basics 2

1.2 The NetBeans Platform: The Big Picture 3

1.3 FamilyTreeApp Reference Application 10

1.4 Documentation 17

1.5 How to Get Java and the NetBeans Platform Software 17

1.6 Example Software Bundle 18

1.7 Key Point Summary 18

Chapter 2: Background Basics 19

What You Will Learn 20

2.1 JavaBeans and Properties 20

2.2 Lambda Expressions 38

2.3 Swing Basics 40

2.4 Improving the User Experience 63

2.5 Concurrency and Thread Safety 68

2.6 Swing Background Tasks 73

2.7 Key Point Summary 80

Chapter 3: Introduction to JavaFX 83

What You Will Learn 83

3.1 What Is JavaFX? 84

3.2 Building JavaFX Programs 87

3.3 JavaFX Properties 103

3.4 Putting It All Together 120

3.5 Key Point Summary 128

Chapter 4: Working with JavaFX 131

What You Will Learn 131

4.1 Creating JavaFX Properties 132

4.2 Using JavaFX Properties in a JavaFX Application 139

4.3 Observable Collections 148

4.4 JavaFX Applications 153

4.5 Concurrency and Thread Safety 172

4.6 JavaFX Background Tasks 176

4.7 Monitoring Background Tasks 182

4.8 Key Point Summary 195

Chapter 5: A Taste of Modularity 199

What You Will Learn 199

5.1 Modular Architecture 199

5.2 Creating a NetBeans Platform Application 203

5.3 Creating Modules 208

5.4 Configuring a Module with Public Packages 211

5.5 Registering a Service Provider 214

5.6 Configuring a Window for Selection 219

5.7 Configuring a Window with Form Editing 231

5.8 Module Life Cycle Annotations 242

5.9 What We Know So Far 244

5.10 Key Point Summary 245

Chapter 6: JavaFX Integration 249

What You Will Learn 249

6.1 JavaFX and the NetBeans Platform 250

6.2 Communication Strategies 261

6.3 Integrating with the NetBeans Platform 265

6.4 Key Point Summary 289

Chapter 7: Nodes and Explorer Views 291

What You Will Learn 291

7.1 The NetBeans Model View Controller 292

7.2 Nodes 293

7.3 Explorer Views 323

7.4 Creating a Selection History Feature 332

7.5 Key Point Summary 338

Chapter 8: NetBeans Platform Window System 341

What You Will Learn 342

8.1 Window Framework Overview 342

8.2 TopComponent Basics 352

8.3 TopComponent Persistence 361

8.4 TopComponent Client Properties 363

8.5 Creating Non-Singleton TopComponents 364

8.6 Window System Life Cycle Management 369

8.7 TopComponent Modes 376

8.8 Window Groups 381

8.9 Window Layout 387

8.10 Window Layout Roles 401

8.11 Key Point Summary 410

Chapter 9: Action Framework 413

What You Will Learn 413

9.1 Type of Actions 414

Always-Enabled Actions 414

9.2 Actions and Lookup 421

9.3 Editing the Node Hierarchy 444

9.4 Inter-Window Drag and Drop 458

9.5 Key Point Summary 468

Chapter 10: Building a CRUD Application 471

What You Will Learn 471

10.1 Create-Read-Update-Delete Application 472

10.2 Using CRUD with a Database 501

10.3 Concurrency in the FamilyTreeApp Application 516

10.4 Key Point Summary 523

Chapter 11: Dialogs 525

What You Will Learn 525

11.1 Dialog Overview 526

11.2 Standard Dialogs 527

11.3 Customizing Standard Dialogs 531

11.4 Custom Dialogs 533

11.5 Custom Login Dialog 539

11.6 Putting It All Together 544

11.7 Key Point Summary 548

Chapter 12: Wizards 551

What You Will Learn 551

12.1 Wizard Overview 552

12.2 The Wizard Wizard 554

12.3 Wizard Input 561

12.4 Wizard Validation 565

12.5 Simple Validation API 577

12.6 Finishing Early Option 587

12.7 Asynchronous Validation 592

12.8 Dynamic Sequence Wizards 598

12.9 Wizard Instantiating Iterators 614

12.10 Key Point Summary 620

Chapter 13: File System 623

What You Will Learn 623

13.1 File System API 624

13.2 The File System API Overview 624

13.3 Monitoring File Changes 636

13.4 Including a File with Your Application 649

13.5 The Layer File and System FileSystem 654

13.6 Key Point Summary 668

Chapter 14: Data System 671

What You Will Learn 671

14.1 Data System API Overview 672

14.2 Creating a New File Type 678

14.3 Working with MultiView Windows 697

14.4 Creating an XML-Based File Type 721

14.5 Key Point Summary 740

Chapter 15: JavaFX Charts 743

What You Will Learn 743

15.1 JavaFX Charts and the NetBeans Platform 744

15.2 Introducing JavaFX Charts 759

15.3 Data Visualization with JavaFX Charts 764

15.4 Adding Behaviors to JavaFX Charts 781

15.5 Saving Charts 789

15.6 Key Point Summary 795

Chapter 16: Using Web Services 799

What You Will Learn 799

16.1 RESTful Web Services and the NetBeans Platform 800

16.2 Creating RESTful Web Services 802

16.3 A Java Application Web Service Client 810

16.4 RESTful Web Services in a NetBeans Platform Application 817

16.5 Key Point Summary 845

Chapter 17: Branding, Distribution, and Internationalization 847

What You Will Learn 847

17.1 What Is Branding? 848

17.2 Application Updates 857

17.3 Application Distribution 864

17.4 Application Internationalization 868

17.5 Key Point Summary 883

Index 885
Focusing on JavaFX as the front end for tomorrow's most powerful rich client applications, this book covers JavaFX 8 with the NetBeans Platform, NetBeans 8, and Java 8 in its examples. Gail and Paul Anderson fully explain JavaFX 8 and its relationship with the NetBeans Platform architecture, and systematically show Java developers how to use them together effectively. Each concept and technique is supported by clearly written code examples proven through their extensive classroom teaching experience.