Create amazing Java GUI applications with this hands-on, fast-paced guideAbout This BookDevelop amazing gestures –based applications and an interactive JavaFX application powered by leap motion devices Get in touch with the right tools to rapidly develop your JavaFX application and give you essential hands-on experience with JavaFX 8 A step-by-step guide with examples to help you develop applicationsWho This Book Is ForIf you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.What You Will LearnDeliver complex, compelling, and high performance JavaFX 8 applications with new impressive Java SE 8 core features and enhancements Run JavaFX applications on embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi Use Scene Builder to create and define UI screens graphically and save them as JavaFX FXML-formatted files Develop amazing gesture-based applications and an interactive touchless JavaFX application with Leap motion devices Get hands-on knowledge about mobile development and create native JavaFX applications for Apple iOS and Android platforms Use JavaFX with an Arduino board to develop desktop applications to monitor data coming from the real world or control real devicesIn DetailJavaFX is a software platform to create and deliver rich Internet applications (RIAs) that can run across a wide variety of devices.JavaFX Essentials will help you to design and build high performance JavaFX 8-based applications that run on a variety of devices.Starting with the basics of the framework, it will take you all the way through creating your first working application to discovering the core and main JavaFX 8 features, then controlling and monitoring your outside world. The examples provided illustrate different JavaFX and Java SE 8 features.This guide is an invaluable tutorial if you are planning to develop and create JavaFX 8 applications to run on a variety of devices and platforms.