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Building Cross-Platform JavaFX Apps with Gluon If you love JavaFX for desktop development, you’ll be excited to know that Gluon takes it a step further—bringing your JavaFX applications to mobile and embedded devices with minimal effort. Java Bootcamp   What Is Gluon? Gluon is a powerful suite of tools and libraries that extend JavaFX to run seamlessly across platforms—including iOS , Android , desktop , and even embedded systems . Its mission is simple: to make “write once, run anywhere” truly possible for JavaFX developers. Java Bootcamp Key Highlights of Gluon 1. Cross-Platform Support With Gluon, you can use a single JavaFX codebase to build apps that run natively on mobile, desktop, and embedded devices. This drastically reduces development time and maintenance effort. Java Bootcamp 2. Gluon Mobile Designed for modern devices, Gluon Mobile provides optimized UI controls and themes built for touch interaction—so your app looks and feels natural on smartphones and ta...

10 great and interesting facts about JavaFX JavaFX is a powerful toolkit for building modern Java-based graphical user interfaces (GUIs): 🧩 1. JavaFX replaced Swing as the official Java GUI library JavaFX was introduced by Oracle as the successor to Swing , providing a more modern, hardware-accelerated, and flexible UI toolkit. Since Java 8 , it became part of the JDK — although later it was decoupled and distributed separately. Do the JAVA Course 🎨 2. CSS styling support JavaFX allows developers to style UI components using CSS , similar to how web pages are styled. This gives you separation of design and logic — you can completely reskin an app without touching the Java code. Do the JAVA Course 🧱 3. FXML: XML-based UI layout JavaFX introduced FXML , an XML markup language for defining user interfaces. This makes it easy to design GUIs declaratively — and tools like Scene Builder let you visually create FXML files with drag-and-drop. Do the JAVA Course 🚀 4. Hardware-a...

JavaFX Course JavaFX Course Getting Started with JavaFX What Is JavaFX What is JavaFX? JavaFX is a software platform for creating and delivering desktop applications, as well as rich Internet applications (RIAs). JavaFX is intended to replace Swing as the standard GUI library for Java SE. Get Acquainted with JavaFX Architecture Deployment JavaFX Guide JavaFX Course Graphics Getting Started with JavaFX 3D Graphics Use the Image Ops API Work with Canvas JavaFX Course JavaFx User Interface Components Work with JavaFx UI Controls Create Charts Add Text in JavaFx Add HTML Content Work with Layouts Skin Applications with CSS within JavaFx Build UI with FXML Handle Events JavaFX Course JavaFX Scene Builder 2 JavaFX Scene Builder Overview. JavaFX Scene Builder is a visual layout tool that lets users quickly design JavaFX application user interfaces, without coding. Users can drag and drop UI components with Scene Builder. Get Started with JavaFx Scene Builder Working with Scene Builder Design ...

 Here’s a summary of what available data shows for the UK regarding people working as Java engineers, job-advertising for Java roles, and (where available) how many “new” Java engineers might be qualifying. Important caveats: data is limited and doesn’t always map cleanly to “new qualifications”, so treat these as indicative rather than exact. Java Bootcamp ✅ What the data shows Active job adverts for Java / Java engineer roles According to Agency Partners’ UK “Software Java Engineer job market” report, there were ~ 5,000 job openings in the UK for Software Java Engineer roles in a recent period. Agency Partners On the job site Reed there were 542 live “Java Engineer” jobs (current snapshot). Reed On the job site Joblist there were ~ 6,948 Java opportunities in London alone. joblist.com On the job site Reed for “Java Software Engineer” there were ~ 565 jobs. Reed On the job site WeAreDevelopers, for “Java” jobs in the UK there was ~ 2,372 open jobs. WeAreDevel...

Who Invented/Created Java and Who Owns it? Do The Java Bootcamp 🧠 1. Creators of Java Java was created at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. The original development team was known as the Green Team (formed in 1991). The key figure behind Java’s creation is: 👨‍💻 James Gosling – “Father of Java” Other notable contributors include: Mike Sheridan Patrick Naughton They initially designed Java for interactive TV and embedded devices under a project called “Oak” (named after a tree outside Gosling’s office). Later, it evolved into a general-purpose language and was renamed Java in 1995. Do The Java Bootcamp 🏢 2. Owners of Java (Timeline) Period Owner / Organization Notes 1991–2010 Sun Microsystems Java created and maintained by Sun. Java 1.0 released in 1996. 2010–present Oracle Corporation Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, gaining ownership of Java, MySQL, and Solaris. So today, Oracle Corporation is the official owner and steward of J...

Java Engineers Achieve Top Salaries  Here is a comparison of typical salary ranges in the UK for engineers specialising in Java versus more general software engineers (non-Java-specific). Java Bootcamp ✅ Java Engineer (Java-specific) For “Java Engineer” / “Java Software Engineer” roles in the UK, one survey reports a **median salary of ~ £110,000 per annum for recent 6-month job adverts. IT Jobs Watch +2 IT Jobs Watch +2 Average salaries (Indeed) for Java Developers across the UK show ~ £55,200 per year. Indeed +1 In London specifically: ~ £66,870 per annum for Java Developer roles. Indeed Salary guides (e.g., Morgan McKinley) indicate in London for Java Developers: £80,000-£100,000+ for those with ~3-5 years’ experience; and up to £95,000-£140,000 for 5+ years. Morgan McKinley Java Bootcamp ⚙️ General Software Engineer (non-Java-specific) According to Reed, for software engineers in the UK: Entry: ~ £31,407 ; mid-level: ~ £44,851 ; senior: ~ £59,173 . Reed....

Top 10 reasons for using Java  Top 10 reasons why Java remains one of the best choices for software projects   — from enterprise systems to mobile apps: Java Bootcamp 🥇 1. Platform Independence (Write Once, Run Anywhere) Java runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) , which abstracts away the underlying hardware and OS. This means you can compile once and run anywhere — Windows, macOS, Linux, or even embedded systems. Perfect for cross-platform projects and distributed systems. Java Bootcamp ⚙️ 2. Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Model Java is built entirely on OOP principles: encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism . This leads to modular, reusable, and maintainable code — ideal for large software systems. Java Bootcamp 🧱 3. Huge Ecosystem and Libraries Java has an enormous standard library and thousands of mature, community-supported frameworks: Spring , Hibernate , JavaFX , Jakarta EE , Maven , Gradle , and many more. This ...

Companies using JavaFX Java Bootcamp Here are some examples of  companies and real-world applications  using JavaFX — this shows it is widely being used in production : Lynden Inc. (Alaska, USA) They used JavaFX for their “Navigator 2.0” desktop application deployed on ~1,000 desktops.   “I rolled out Lynden Navigator 2.0 to 1,000 desktops across the company.”  SkedPal :  “SkedPal … we made the decision to start using JavaFX …”   A commercial time-management / scheduling tool for busy professionals that uses JavaFX for its desktop client.  Carl Zeiss Meditec AG According to one summary of real-world apps, their clinical data management system uses JavaFX (in combination with other tech).   NASA (via one of its applications) An application named “Deep Space Trajectory Explorer” uses JavaFX (or the underlying JavaFX toolkit) for trajectory visualization.  Many more companies: According to a data listing there ar...

  7 outstanding features of JavaFX  that make it a powerful platform  Java Bootcamp   7 outstanding features of JavaFX that make it a powerful platform for building rich desktop and cross-platform applications in Java: 1. Rich UI Controls and CSS Styling JavaFX provides a wide range of built-in UI controls (buttons, tables, charts, menus, etc.) and supports custom components . You can style applications using CSS , just like web pages, allowing for modern, professional-looking UIs without deep graphics programming. 2. FXML for Declarative UI Design FXML (an XML-based markup language) separates UI design from application logic. Designers can create interfaces declaratively, while developers focus on functionality — similar to HTML + JavaScript separation in web development. FXML works seamlessly with Scene Builder , a drag-and-drop visual design tool. 3. Built-in 2D and 3D Graphics Support JavaFX supports both 2D and 3D graphics , includ...

 If I use JavaFX, do I also need JavaScript Short answer, NO!!! Yeah!!! Java Bootcamp ➡️ JavaFX apps run entirely in Java — no JavaScript required, unless you choose to integrate web pages. 1. JavaFX uses Java, not JavaScript JavaFX is a Java-based framework , so all your application logic, UI control, and event handling are written in Java (or optionally Kotlin, Groovy, etc. — but not JavaScript). The UI can be defined with FXML (an XML file), which you connect to Java classes Java Bootcamp

 What is more popular, Java Swing or JavaFX That’s a great question!  Do the full course Short answer: There’s no clear verdict that one is definitively more popular than the other, because usage depends heavily on context (legacy systems vs new development). But we can summarise the trends: What the evidence suggests Do the full course Java Swing has been around a long time (it’s included in Java SE since the 1990s) and is very widely used in legacy and enterprise applications.   JavaFX is newer, designed as the “successor” to Swing, and offers more modern UI features (CSS styling, scene graph, richer UI controls).   For new GUI development , JavaFX tends to be recommended more often than Swing.   However, in the job market and in many existing applications, Swing still has a stronger presence (because many large applications were built on it and are still maintained). For example, someone on Reddit said: “A lot of the Swing dem...