12. JavaFX and GUI Programming
JavaFX serves as a modern toolkit for creating GUI applications, emphasizing user-friendly interfaces and clean design through MVC principles. The chapter covers essential components including layouts, UI controls, event handling, and styling using FXML and CSS. It also explores media integration and the deployment of JavaFX applications, highlighting its capability to produce interactive and professionally designed user interfaces.
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What we have learnt
- JavaFX is the modern alternative to Swing for building GUI applications in Java.
- Understanding JavaFX architecture is crucial, with key components like Stage, Scene, and Nodes.
- Event-driven programming in JavaFX includes handling various types of events and applying CSS for styling.
Key Concepts
- -- JavaFX
- A platform for creating rich desktop and internet applications with advanced UI controls and media integration.
- -- Scene Graph
- A hierarchical representation of all UI elements or nodes in a JavaFX application.
- -- MVC Pattern
- Model-View-Controller architecture promotes separation of concerns, making the application modular and easier to test.
- -- FXML
- An XML-based language used to define the user interface of JavaFX applications separately from the application logic.
- -- Event Handling
- The mechanism through which JavaFX responds to user interactions through various event types.
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