Just to prove that I don’t always harp on doom and gloom, here’s a nice DZone roundup of positive things said about JavaFX upon the occasion of its release into the world. Most intriguing to me: “We initially thought Flash/Flex would be easier to start with, but in the end it was harder to do certain functions. JavaFX gives us the advantage of tying into those tried and true Java APIs that are vital to our app. So while the tools are lacking, they are going to be there.” How easy is Flex/AIR/what have you to work with? It’s not as if there’s that many Flex apps out there now… Software Development