Sun Microsystems kicked off its JavaOne conference in San Francisco this morning by introducing a new suite of Java products – JavaFX. Rich Green, executive vice president of Sun Software, announced JavaFX Mobile, a mobile phone software system available via OEM license to carriers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers, and JavaFX Script, a new scripting language for rich internet applications, targeted at creative individuals. Java FX Script will help to simplify the process of creating and distributing interactive content on Java-powered devices, such as mobile phones, Blu-ray Disc players and browsers, says Green.“Developers are telling us ‘we can do anything with Java but it takes too long’,†says Green. “Now, JavaFX allows creative professionals to easily author and deliver on any device.â€
Sun released the early alpha version of JavaFX Script today. JavaFX Script applications will run on any JavaSE technology-based platform and Sun plans to enhance the JavaFX family with content tools, widgets and other offerings over time. With its complete desktop-style environment, JavaFX Mobile can bring the entire Java technology to everyone on earth, says Green, which brings us to the message of this year’s keynote: Java technology is reaching humankind and it can change the world. Green and Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun, encouraged developers to get involved in the Engineers Without Borders initiative, for example developing technology that can give more people in developing countries access to the internet, which in turn could lead to more widespread education, better training and more jobs. I sometimes write various applications in Java and it’s a really complex developing suite, but there’s also one problem and that’s high memory and CPU consumption for all Java tools. People who still use Azureus as their default torrent client can confirm this for sure, so let’s hope this new JavaFx will be little less heavy.
