In October 2011 , I used the post Hello JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by NetBeans 7.1 beta to look at using NetBeans 7.1 beta to build a simple Hello, World style of JavaFX 2.0 application.

The example highlighted in this post demonstrates a subset of JavaFX 2.0’s support for text rendering. It also is another example of how JavaFX 2.0 has made JavaFX readily available via Java APIs.

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