Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

22 JavaFX Graphics and Multimedia

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

• Use JavaFX graphics and multimedia capabilities to make your apps “come alive” with graphics, animations, audio and video.

• Use external Cascading Style Sheets to customize the look of Nodes while maintaining their functionality.

• Customize fonts attributes such as font family, size and style.

• Display two-dimensional shape nodes of types Line, Rectangle, Circle, Ellipse, Arc, Path, Polyline and Polygon.

• Customize the stroke and fill of shapes with solid colors, images and gradients.

• Use Transforms to reposition and reorient nodes.

• Display and control video playback with Media, MediaPlayer and MediaView.

• Animate Node properties with Transition and Timeline animations. ...