JavaFX: Cross-platform UI development in Java on desktop, mobile and embedded clients

Java was originally created as a language for client devices. It became very popular though as a platform for server-side and cloud development. There are plenty of reasons why Java had a difficult time on the client, but the main difficulties are resolved now. With JavaFX, the Java platform has a great toolkit for the development of cross-platform user interfaces that can be deployed on desktop, mobile, and embedded devices. The OpenJFX project defines the JavaFX API's and implementations that allow developers to create modern, platform-independent user interfaces using Java. At the top-level, JavaFX provides an API that is very similar to the standard Java API's developers are used to. At the lower level, the JavaFX rendering pipeline integrates with all kinds of native devices, e.g. desktop systems, but also mobile and embedded devices. In this session, we explain the structure, components, and roadmap of the OpenJFX project. Speaker: Johan Vos started to work with Java in 1995. He was part of the Blackdown team, porting Java to Linux. His main focus is on end-to-end Java, combining back-end systems and mobile/embedded devices. He received a Duke Choice award in 2014 for his work on javafx on mobile. In 2015, he co-founded Gluon, which allows enterprises to create (mobile) Java Client applications leveraging their existing backend infrastructure. Gluon received a Duke Choice award in 2015. Johan is a Java Champion, a member of the BeJUG steering group, the Devoxx steering group and he is a JCP member. He is one of the lead authors of the Pro JavaFX books, the author of Quantum Computing for Java Developers, and he has been a speaker at numerous conferences on Java. He contributes to a number of projects, including OpenJFX, OpenJDK, GraalVM. He is also the project lead for OpenJDK Mobile and the co-lead for OpenJFX. Join us: Website https://jb.gg/website Blog https://jb.gg/blog Twitter   / intellijidea   Facebook   / intellijidea   #JavaFX #OpenJFX #intelliJIDEA #intelliJ #jetbrains #Java #programming