Learning JavaFX GUI Development

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching
• How to use the exercise files
• Challenges explained

• What is JavaFX?
• Overview of JavaFX architecture
• The JavaFX scene graph

• Create a simple JavaFX program
• Add form controls
• Add CSS to style a form
• Set up an interface design
• Challenge: Use FXML to let a user ask a question
• Solution: Use FXML to let a user ask a question

• Draw lines and shapes
• Blend shapes
• Draw text
• Apply text effects
• Challenge: Create a scene with random shapes and colors
• Solution: Create a scene with random shapes and colors

• Lay out a user interface
• Add controls to the user interface
• Use UI control event handlers
• Include a menu
• Provide a ListView for user selections
• Use a TableView to display data
• Challenge: Create a customer user interface challenge
• Solution: Create a customer user interface challenge

• Add an image
• Animate using transformations
• Add charts for better visualization
• Challenge: Create a bar chart
• Solution Create a bar chart

• Apply CSS themes
• Use selectors
• Create style rules
• Challenge: Create a CSS file with styles
• Solution: Create a CSS file with styles

• Next steps