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Right in this moment you can choose between three options to develop JavaFX:

• Use the old version of JavaFX, interpreted. Not recommended.
• Use the JavaFX Milestone 3. Little bit old but more stable.
• Use the JavaFX Continuous Build. Is more dangerous but give us fresh builds.

I did this little script to download the last version of JavaFX continuos build and install it for you.

#!/bin/sh
envfile=$HOME/.bash_profile

#download and unpatch the last build of JavaFx
mkdir jfx
cd jfx
wget http://openjfx.java.sun.com/hudson/job/openjfx-compiler/lastBuild/artifact/openjfx-compiler/dist//*zip*/dist.zip
unzip dist.zip
rm dist.zip

#set files at bin folder as executable
chmod +x dist/bin/*

#add those executables to the path
echo "PATH=\$PATH:`pwd`/dist/bin" >> $envfile

Save this script as install_jfx.sh and execute it. Probably you want to execute it at you home directory. If you want to install JavaFX to root change envfile for /root/.bash_profile, if you want to install to all users change for /etc/profile. I tested this script successfully on my Ubuntu 8.04.

After that open a new terminal and try to see if javafx, javafxc and javafxdoc are available. You can test your enviroment with this simple program.

import javafx.ui.*;
import java.lang.*;

Frame {
  visible: true
  content: FlowPanel {
  content: Button {
      var n = 0
      text: bind Integer.toString(n)
      action: function() {
        n++;
      }
    }
  }
}

Save it as Counter.fx, compile with javafxc Counter.fx and so execute it with javafx Counter.fx.

To know more, take a look into the preliminary JavaFX API or in the article Using JavaFX GUI Toolkit.

Fotografia de fundo do poster é de P.B. Rage, sob licença Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.

Esse mês teremos um Café Com Tapioca diferente. Para começar não será realizado em uma universidade e sim em uma barraca de praia.
Amaury Brasil, André Paes, Herbert de Aquino, Rafael Tabosa, Rafael Carneiro e René Araújo vão contar as experiências da caravana do CEJUG que foi para a europa participar do Jazoon. Ou seja, vamos ter palestras técnicas também mas vai ser um encontro mais informal, algo como um luau. Inclusive com dois engradados de cerveja de graça para o jug, mas o resto e por conta de cada um.

Mais informações do site do evento.

Poster em SVG: cct_jazoon.svg