Thursday Dec 04, 2008

James Gosling started it, Danny Coward is running with it. Danny and the JavaFX team have created a leading-edge software platform for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) across all screens including browsers, desktops, mobile devices, and TV. Announced for the first time at JavaOne2008, JavaFX has received a huge amount of attention in the developer community, generating much excitement for today's release of JavaFX 1.0. Built entirely in Java with the programming environment based around JavaFX script, JavaFX 1.0 focuses on immersing consumers in rich media layered with graphics, animations, and transitions through the devices they use daily. This type of rich interaction requires technologies that demand this new generation of applications. And JavaFX certainly delivers.


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Listen to the interview as Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering and Danny Coward, Chief Architect, Sun's Client Software Group discuss:

  • the simple, declarative programming language of JavaFX
  • simplified portability
  • simplification and new-and-improved features of deployment, including drag and drop applications from the browser to the desktop while the app is still running
  • simplified installation - drag and drop from browser to desktop
  • simplified workflow between developers and designers via plug ins to design tools like Photoshop
  • Sun's strategy in client software
  • mobile emulator in JavaFX release

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Posted at 04:16PM Dec 04, 2008 by Marianne Salciccia in Sun   [permalink]    

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Tuesday Jul 29, 2008

Cloud computing is one of those elusive concepts that can easily be taken for granted at times. Sure, the cloud exists; it's functioning as a network for applications, web services, and devices. But what is it really doing and how can it be leveraged in our own development projects? Enter Project Hydrazine, the "rocket fuel" behind JavaFX and the driving force behind current innovations in system administration and application development.

In this edition of Innovating@Sun, host Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering, interviews Bob Brewin, VP, Sun Distinguished Engineer, to discuss Project Hydrazine--a back-end infrastructure service which offers a new and open approach to application development and deployment. With the provision of infrastructure as a service offering, one can create a virtualized environment in which systems and applications can be built and deployed as if they were in the datacenter and then easily moved across a multitude of devices. With technology like this, it is apparent that Sun's core value, "The Network is the Computer" reigns supreme in the development of Sun innovations.


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Posted at 09:35AM Jul 29, 2008 by Laura Ventura in Sun   [permalink]    

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