I gave a talk this last Tuesday at the Boulder JUG on the topic of JavaFX for the Java developer. My audience and I both learned a lot from the experience.

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What I covered

1. What is JavaFX and why do you care?
2. Comparisons between Java and JavaFX syntax
3. JavaFX language features
4. Building a sample application
5. Platform support
6. Additional resources

How I approached the talk

I took Fred Jean‘s advice and used the Codex presentation system which is a Ruby gem that adds to Eric Meyer’s S5. Unlike Fred, though, I opted to use Mercurial to keep track of versioning.

To get some good practice for my talk I hosted a brown-bag discussion at Sun. This was a good idea because it made sure I was prepared fairly early and I got good feedback from my co-workers. Hopefully they learned something as well. I ended up about 20 minutes short during my brown-bag so I added 10 more slides (which hardly helped… I talked much too fast).

What I would change

Since I ran so short at BJUG, I’d probably try to talk about more JavaFX language features and explain them in greater detail than I did. Making jokes during the presentation seemed to go over very well and I might throw in a couple more.

If you missed my talk, you can Check out the slides. I hope the speak about this again at the Denver JUG later this year. Hope to see you there!