Essential JavaFX™

3. JavaFX Language

Now that you’ve seen JavaFX code in the overview application example, let’s discuss the JavaFX scripting language in more detail. This chapter covers the essential aspects of the JavaFX language.

What You Will Learn

•   Declaring variables and defining their types

•   Using operators and expressions

•   Using sequences

•   Writing functions with arguments and return values

•   Using function types

•   Defining classes, instance variables, and instance functions

•   Creating objects from classes with object literals

•   Using inheritance and overriding functions

•   Writing init and postinit blocks

•   Using abstract classes and mixin inheritance

•   Using binding and triggers

•   Packaging classes and writing script files ...