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JavaFX Script is a Flash competitor based on Java. Sun flubbed this one pretty badly. Sun knows languages, and they built a language; but they don't need a new language. They need better development tools. JavaFX Script is not accessible to your typical Flash developer. They advertised that the designer of the language was able to build a site using this in only 3 days by copying an existing Flash site. They bragged that this was much faster than doing this in pure Java. However I'd estimate it takes about three times as long as doing the same site in Flash. Sun promises actual tools in the not too distant future. More...
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