JavaFX 1.0 Released

As promised by the JavaFX website, v1.0 has shipped today. The website is currently just a link page to help you get your hands on the first release, but I believe it will switch to a site with lots of JavaFX content sometime soon. If you're a little unsure what JavaFX is, it's worth having a read of the official release statement or having a look at some of the JavaFX videos.

The JDK can be found on Sun's JavaFX download page. After mucking around with the preview version, my advice is to start learning JavaFX by using Netbeans 6.5 with the JavaFX 1.0 plugin. It's extremely useful to be able to see the JavaFX script syntax by doing a simple drag and drop from the GUI builder palette.

To help fill in the blanks that the GUI builder doesn't take care of refer to the programming language overview and the JavaFX 1.0 API. There are also lots of code samples out there to explore. Have fun!