JDBC and JavaFX

Hello

Does JavaFX support JDBC libraries ?

JavaFX supports anything Java. That said, I wouldn't put JDBC code directly in a JavaFX application. I'd personally prefer to create the JavaFX app that accesses my data via web services. This makes it much easier to distribute.

Gregg Bolinger wrote:JavaFX supports anything Java. That said, I wouldn't put JDBC code directly in a JavaFX application. I'd personally prefer to create the JavaFX app that accesses my data via web services. This makes it much easier to distribute.

I reason i asked is because i want to create a desktop application which communicate with my online webstore built in php/mysql. I think through JDBC, using Swing as UI, I can accomplish that.

How would I accomplish accessing my MySQL Data in JavaFX ?

If you already have the backend built in php/mysql, just expose some web services that the JavaFX application can access. No JDBC required. Gail's book has a chapter on this. It is the flikr example.

Gregg Bolinger wrote:If you already have the backend built in php/mysql, just expose some web services that the JavaFX application can access. No JDBC required. Gail's book has a chapter on this. It is the flikr example.

So that is solved.

Now the question arises, how does JavaFX's GUI libraries compare to Swings ?

JavaFX hasn't implemented every Swing control, but you can use Swing controls with JavaFX.

Eventually, they will have a very complete UI control set. As I've said in other posts, the JavaFX UI engineers come from a Swing background and want to make JavaFX UI controls an improved system from what you get with Swing. So, eventually the JavaFX "native" UI controls will probably be what you want to use.

JavaFX is much, much easier to use than Swing. I could post some code (I posted some code that transforms a rectangle by scaling, rotating, and shearing using a slider, but I can't find that post right now) that lets you see, but at this point, I think you would get most of your questions answered if you downloaded JavaFX and tried it out. It's not a huge time investment and you could see how you personally like it.

Gail Anderson wrote:J As I've said in other posts, the JavaFX UI engineers come from a Swing background and want to make JavaFX UI controls an improved system from what you get with Swing. So, eventually the JavaFX "native" UI controls will probably be what you want to use.

So could it be said that JavaFX might be the replacement for Swing ?

Gail Anderson wrote:
JavaFX is much, much easier to use than Swing. I could post some code (I posted some code that transforms a rectangle by scaling, rotating, and shearing using a slider, but I can't find that post right now) that lets you see, but at this point, I think you would get most of your questions answered if you downloaded JavaFX and tried it out. It's not a huge time investment and you could see how you personally like it.

I will certainly do that in time. First have to get the Java Language under my belt.

It sounds like JavaFX is the replacement for Swing, but Sun has said many times that Swing isn't going away. So, no.

And no, you absolutely do not have to first get Java under your belt. While JavaFX lets you leverage your Java knowledge, it is absolutely not a requirement for building JavaFX apps or learning JavaFX and experimenting with building GUIs.

Your toes are in the water, just jump in already!

Gail Anderson wrote:

Your toes are in the water, just jump in already!

lol Thanks for the push. i hope I am not troubling you will so many questions on JavaFX ..