Chapter 15.2, Problem 15.5CP

Program Plan Intro

Graphical user Interface (GUI):

• A GUI denotes a graphical window or a system of graphical windows.
• It is presented by an application for user interaction purpose.
• It accepts input from the keyboard.
• It also accepts input from mouse or a touch screen.
• The GUI components include “Buttons”, “Labels”, “TextFields”, “CheckBoxes” and “RadioButtons”.
• The programs that operate in a GUI based environment must be event-driven.
• An “event” denotes an action that would take place within a program.
• The creation of event listeners is part of GUI application.
• An event listener denotes a method that executes automatically when a specific event occurs.
• An event listener may respond to an event that occurs within an operation.

JavaFX:

• JavaFX denotes a library that is used to build internet applications.
• The applications that are written with this library can be made to execute across multiple platforms.
• The applications developed using JavaFX could be executed on devices such as Mobile phones, TVs, tablets as well as desktop computers.
• It provides a rich set of graphics and media API’s.
• It leverages modern graphical processing unit through hardware accelerated graphics.
• It provides interfaces through which developers can combine UI control as well as graphics animation.
• The additional technologies are not required when JavaFX is been included in program.
• It provides classed for 2D as well as 3D graphics.