JavaFX: Properties, Beans, and Bindings

1h 40mIntermediate2018-10-09

Authors

Neelam Dwivedi

Assistant Teaching Professor at Heinz College

Course details

Learn how to develop more dynamic, responsive applications with JavaFX, the next generation of GUI development for Java. In this course, instructor Neelam Dwivedi goes over the kinds of applications that JavaFX properties, JavaBeans, and bindings can help you construct, demonstrating how the MVC pattern can be implemented with data that changes dynamically with the UI. Using the javafx.beans library, Neelam shows how to create two applications: a BMI calculator and a shopping cart program. As she steps through the development of these simple apps, she lends a real-world context to the key concepts covered in this course.

Learning objectives
Property and binding data types
Building a BMI calculator using bindings
Observables and listeners
FXCollections and ObservableLists
What is a JavaBean?
TableView with a JavaBean
Images and media in JavaFX

Skills covered

JavaFXOracleSoftware Development ToolsSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

Build dynamic apps with JavaFX
What you should know

Applications Overview

What are we making

Properties and Bindings

Property and binding data types
Types of bindings
Build a BMI calculator using bindings

Observables

Observables and listeners
BMI calculator with a GUI

JavaFX Collections

FXCollections and ObservableLists
Shopping cart 1 with ComboBox and slider

Java Beans and TableViews

What is a JavaBean
Shopping cart 2 with a JavaBean
TableView with a JavaBean
Shopping cart 3 requirements and design
Shopping cart 3 custom cell
Shopping cart 4 with total price

Images and Media in JavaFX

Image and Media classes
Shopping cart 5 with an image and media

Conclusion

Summary and best practices