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Java FX 2.0 - The Installation, Doc and Launch Experience - A Smoke Test 📎

The installation of Java FX 2.0 is as simple as it can get - unzip of the Early Access was sufficient.

First observations:
  1. Startup of the provided examples is extremely fast < 1 sec and orders of magnitude faster than previous Java FX 1.3 samples
  2. A double click on a Jar-file is sufficient to launch a Java FX app - no further configuration was necessary
  3. The doc comes in fresh design and is compelling
  4. Java FX 2.0 is extremely easy to integrate with Java projects - the inclusion of a single Jar is sufficient
  5. The runtime is far smaller, than expected

The first impression of the Java FX 2.0 Early Access is far better, than expected so far...