JavaFX has been around for quite a long time. It's powered by Java and has been used to build desktop applications, as well as Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).
Although the Java programming language has been known for its portability, it has its pitfalls, one of which being its verbosity, wherein developers must write a lot of lines of code to make a simple GUI.
TornadoFX, a lightweight JavaFX framework for Kotlin, simplifies JavaFX development by abstracting the verbose, hard-to-maintain Java code. TornadoFX, powered by the statically typed JVM language, Kotlin, makes it easy to build rich, feature-packed user interfaces. Besides, it greatly minimizes the amount of code needed to build JavaFX applications, making the codebase easy-to-maintain and extend.
What you’ll learn :
- Set up a development environment to start using TornadoFX
- Use type-safe builders to create controls and layouts easily
- Get up to speed with editing and model validation in TornadoFX
- Connect a TornadoFX app to an SQLite database
- Understand how to create shapes and animations
- Build Java business applications with Workspace
- Develop robust ’In-House’ business desktop applications with TornadoFX
