JavaFX Everywhere ...also in App Stores

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An airhacks.fm conversation with Johan Vos (@johanvos) about:

Gluon Mobile, JavaFX was supposed to replace Swing, Swing and AWS were created in a hurry, JavaFX is a significant improvement, Java started on Star7, JavaFX ran on an iPad during JavaOne, the source of JavaFX was already in a good shape, creating native apps with GraalVM and JavaFX, JavaFX does not require to install Java on mobile device, SubstrateVM helps with cross-compiling Java to native code, Apache Cordova, shipping JavaFX applications to AppStores, SpaceFX, JavaFX on RaspberryPI, JavaFX on an iPhone emulator, JavaFX provides similar experience to flutter, the TooManyLanguagesExceptions, the Google Cemetery, Gluon Attach framework helps with sensor integration, JavaFX's WebView uses WebKit on iOS, building a hybrid app with WebComponents and JavaFX, using CustomEvents to communication between Web Components and JavaFX, on desktop JavaFX uses recent WebKit builds, native vs. cross platform look and feel, JavaFX ships with material design based look and feel, JavaFX is GPU accelerated on mobile, JavaFX uses OpenGL, EGL, JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline, Apple's M1 Chip simplifies JavaFX development, JavaFX can run as Java application, or as native executable, JavaFX transpiles with GraalVM to native application, JavaFX transpiles to native C iOS code, the microprofile.training covering a blog engine, Gluon provides commercial support and roadmap priority shifting, openJFX vs. JavaFX is like openJDK vs Java, Gluon Mobile is a commercial product, Gluon CloudLink integrates with serverless runtimes, fnproject is used as serverless platform, Gluon Cloudlink could use MicroProfile GraphQL as backend, ODATA is useful to integrate frontend with data-rich backends, Apache Olingo, Oracle is a great steward of Java,

Johan Vos on twitter: @johanvos, Johan's company: Gluon