Archive for July, 2008

Malden’s CTO Interviewed as Sun Moves JavaFX Closer to Primetime

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Malden Labs CTO Thom Theriault is interviewed upon the release of Sun Microsystems SDK for JavaFX. Sun Microsystems has finally released a software development kit (SDK) for JavaFX, two JavaOne conferences after it announced the rich client platform meant to take on Adobe's AIR and Flex platforms and Microsoft's Silverlight. The release ...

JavaFX Preview SDK Released

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The JavaFX Preview SDK provides the essential set of technology, tools and resources required for web scripters and early adopters to create JavaFX applications. The focus of this release is to empower users proficient in web scripting technologies (such as HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript and ActionScript) to create connected applications that ...

JavaFX Preview SDK Announcement

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

According to Simon Brocklehurst, a few features will not make the preview release but will be coming in version 1.0 due out later this year. These include: 3d vector graphics, the ON2 VP6 codec, streaming video, and local file system access. However all the basics are there including standard UI ...

Nice mention at JavaFXpert

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Jim Weaver, a "JavaFX Champion" has a new post on Custom Nodes. Our UX Director, Mark Dingman is working with Jim on this series of Custom Nodes providing art and UI assitance.