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May 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am
That’s one darn good question. I find it ironic that while Adobe gives up its ActionScript 2 syntax and make ActionScript 3 look like Java, Sun is turning JavaFX into a ActionScript 2 wannabe. I think that’s one screw-up. There’s no need for a new language, espeically when it looks like a screwy hybrid of ActionScript 2 and Java. Add some new packages to the existing Java language and then it should be all set. That’s how M$ handles SilverLight. Sun is doing unnecessary hassle here.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Angsuman,
I must apologize for deferring your question after I had invited questions. I was looking for questions on the specific example that I was showing at the time, and I felt that your question was more general and I decided to defer it to the end. After reflection, I hope that I didn’t appear rude, because that was not my intent. Please accept my apology, and I hope that I’ll have that opportunity while still at JavaOne.
Thanks,
Jim Wever
May 7th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Him Jim,
I feel bad for taking it to heart. I guess I was rather jetlagged (35+ hours on plane will do that to you). I hope I can meet with you in the JavaOne too. How can we connect?
May 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Angsuman,
I completely understand, having been jet-lagged recently myself (traveling to Australia from the US). Best way to connect would be to email me at jim.weaver at lat-inc.com. I’ll be hanging out in the speaker room preparing for a repeat of my JavaFX Tutorial session (which will occur Friday at 1:30 in room 133).
By the way, if you think that your jet-lagged state contributed to your observation that my presentation was “insipid”, may I respectfully ask that you revise that observation? I make every attempt to keep the audience awake and engaged.
Looking forward to meeting you,
Jim Weaver
“Helping you become a JavaFXpert” weblog:
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March 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
[...] JavaFX raises more questions than it answers and the executive’s reply wasn’t very convincing either. These people obviously haven’t heard about KISS and are happy to invent yet another language at every opportunity. You know how compiler designers like to create a compiler for solving every problem? It’s almost like that. [...]