With the official release of JavaFX Sun has recommitted itself to the hyper-competitive rich client UI market, competing directly against Silverlight & Adobe Air. JavaFX has one advantage over either of those technologies: synergy with JavaEE. This session will teach several techniques to tightly integrate JavaFX with JavaEE mainstays such as JSF, JAX-WS, EL & EJB. We’ll begin by linking the success of JavaFX to its ability to leverage existing JavaEE based infrastructure, while at the same time delivering on its core competencies relating to the five dimensions of media: video, audio, text, 3D & animation. With the business case made, we’ll select four of the many useful technologies from Java EE & justify our selection on the basis of enterprise demand for these features & their fit with the core mission of JavaFX. For each of JSF, JAX-WS, EL, and EJB we’ll get at what parts of those technologies are well suited to being leveraged from JavaFX & give demonstations of each.
