CHAPTER 2Quick Start

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

Mark Twain

Now that you've been given a 30,000 foot overview of JavaFX, we're going to follow Mark Twain's advice and break your JavaFX Script learning curve into small, manageable tasks. The first task is to choose an environment in which you can begin developing JavaFX programs.

Note image For brevity, this rest of this book will typically shorten JavaFX Script to JavaFX.

Choosing a JavaFX Development Environment

The three most practical ...

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