RIA Zone - Comments for "Let's Create a Tetris Game in Compiled JavaFX Script"

Ronald,This example uses

jlweaver — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:27:00 -0500

Ronald,

This example uses compiled JavaFX Script, which is the "real" version of JavaFX Script. The NetBeans plug-in supports interpreted JavaFX Script, which served as a prototype. There is a NetBeans plug-in under development for compiled JavaFX Script, but until then, please follow the instructions in the links of this post to obtain the compiler and build this example.

By the way, there is a typo in line 62 of the TetrisShape.fx listing. "returnreturn" should read "return". It will be corrected ASAP.

If you have any further questions building this example, please post another comment.

Thanks,
Jim Weaver

It doesn't work with

ronaldtm — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:32:39 -0500

It doesn't work with Netbeans' JavaFX plugin.

- one can't initialize attributes at declaration acording to the documentation (you do that outside the class declaration)

- class com.sun.javafx.runtime.PointerFactory doesn't exist in javafx's jars

Is the current language spec different from the one the plugin uses?

alpha512 wrote:Why SUN is

rick — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:17:00 -0500

alpha512 wrote:

Why SUN is wasting time with JavaFX script, Similar or better functionality you can find in Groovy builders and is also a JSR.

While you certainly are not alone in your question, it completely baffles me that you feel it is reasonable to turn Jim Weaver's excellent "how-to" article into an ad hoc venue for a referendum on the wisdom of Sun's JavaFX push? I mean, seriously, give the man a break!

I'm happy enough to support the posting of a new thread that asks the above question poignantly and perhaps expands upon the issue. I will not, however, allow this "how-to" to get turned into a referendum on JavaFX itself. Please have enough respect for Jim's efforts to start another seaparate thread where your questions an comments along those lines can be both entirely on-topic and appropriate.

Thank you or understanding,
Rick Ross

I have to admit thar

Jacek — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:24:14 -0500

I have to admit thar Sidewinder is at least partially right. It would be better to support a language that already has some traction. instead of creating a brand new one from scratch.

On the bright side, most of the power of JavaFX comes from the Scenegraph project. so I am sure someone in Groovy will write a builder for it...

Why SUN is wasting time with

alpha512 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:25:10 -0500