With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java’s ubiquitous presence on devices to make a ...

Sun throws JavaFX hat into Web app ring Programmers now can start trying out JavaFX for writing rich Internet applications--and seeing if it's worth using over Adobe's Flash and other alternatives.

JavaFX isn't hard to learn. In fact, any developer with a little bit of object-oriented knowledge and a penchant for desktop development in Java can quickly put together a feature-rich GUI application ...