This book takes you through JavaFX 8 in a logical manner. It begins byexplaining the technology behind JavaFX. You will quickly move intoinstalling the JavaFX development environment and tools. Although multipledevelopment environments are available for JavaFX, the focus of this book ison teaching you the basics of NetBeans. NetBeans offers a rich, full-featuredproduct that is easy to learn and will get you up and running in JavaFX in notime. By the end of the book, you are lead expertly into more complexexamples to test your growing knowledge of developing rich JavaFXapplications.      
    Some chapters also include a “Try This” section to help you practice whatyou have learned. The “Try This” sections are structured like a textbook inthat you will be presented with tasks to complete on your own. In addition,each chapter has a “Self Test” section that provides quiz-style questions tofurther enhance your learning experience. Taking full advantage of thechapter questions and “Try This” exercises will give you a chance to refineyour newly acquired skills and create your own applications.  


   Although this book is not an advanced programmer’s reference, you shouldpossess certain skills to get the most from Quick Start Guide to JavaFX.Foremost of these, given that JavaFX is now packaged with Java, is Javaprogramming fundamentals. Knowledge of Java classes and basic types willhelp you understand some of the concepts in this book more easily.