With HTML5, Java code can be used to create fat clients or applets within Google Web Toolkit (GWT). These applets can then become a part of the greater plug-in architecture. The Java Swing API already ...

The output of running this simple Java Swing application with embedded JavaFX Scene is shown next. Integrating SWT with JavaFX is arguably even easier and is demonstrated in the next code listing.

Maybe we'll see more FX there once Java 7 and JavaFX get out there and people get rid of their Windows XP machines. Meanwhile, I'm seeing JavaFX more as a desktop framework for developing desktop ...