Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "You can import one CSS from another using the @import keyword."

A block of code is set as follows:

public static void main(String[] args) {    // you custom code    Application.launch(MyApplication.class, args);}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

@DefaultProperty("children")public class Paneextends Region

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

> javac FXApplication.java> java FXApplication ...

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