Last week, two of our JavaFX technical writers, Irina Fedortsova and Alla Redko, attended the Sun Tech Days in St. Petersburg, Russia. Here they report on the JavaFX activities at the event.

Irina:

This year, I attended the Sun Tech Days for the third time. My overall positive impression was brightened with two presentations on JavaFX technology. Yes, it seems like it's been just recently that Sun revealed its plans regarding JavaFX and look, here it is! Probably because I have been working on documenting the JavaFX technology, I listened to the speakers with a sort of personal involvement. I paid attention to every detail. I noticed how quickly the seating capacity of the conference hall was exhausted and how deep and tricky the questions were after the presentation. I heard positive comments whispered by the listeners while the demos, which were really cool, were being demonstrated. I think it was the cool demos that inspired further discussions among the participants who chatted about applications they could develop with the JavaFX Script language.

On the last day of the conference, which was the University Day, I assisted in conducting the JavaFX seminar for students. Once again, I was impressed with the quality of questions asked by the students during the Q&A session. Those who attended the seminar quickly grasped the ideas and advantages that JavaFX brings to their coding experience.

Alla:

This year is my third time attending and working for the Sun Tech Days conference. I suppose we've been generously compensated for the rush with last-minute reviews of every content piece developed for the conference either in Russian or in English. I really enjoyed the welcome atmosphere of the booth zone, where the JavaFX booth was undoubtedly the hottest one.  It was also very rewarding to see how many developers are interested in the emerging technology. For instance, the first presentation about JavaFX attracted so many visitors that some of them even had to stand. What I'm particularly proud of, is that the JavaFX Learn page and other doc resources were a "must have" reference in almost all presentations about JavaFX.

The JavaFX seminar we worked on together with training representatives proved that JavaFX technology draws huge interest among students and professors. Amusingly, most of the attendants had not registered for the seminar. They came after talking to Sun engineers at the JavaFX booth, listening to presentations about JavaFX, or attending the JavaFX Master Class. This is how adoption works!