JavaFX 8: Introduction by Example
Carl P. Deais a software engineer working for BCT LLC on projects with high performance computing (HPC) architectures. He has been developing software for 15 years with many clients, from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofit organizations. He has written software ranging from mission-critical applications to Web applications. Carl has been using Java since the very beginning and is a JavaFX enthusiast dating back to when JavaFX used to be called F3. He has been involved with open-source projects such as JFXtras and JDIC.Carl's passion for software development started when his middle school science teacher showed him the TRS-80 computer. His current software development interests are: rich client platforms (RCP), rich Internet applications (RIAs), Groovy, game programming, Arduino, mobile phones, and tablet computers. When he's not working, Carl and his wife love to watch their daughters perform at gymnastics meets. Carl lives on the East Coast in Pasadena (aka "The Dena"), Maryland. You can follow him on Twitter @carldea, and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/carldea. Carl also blogs at carlfx.wordpress.com.Mark Heckleris a Java Software Architect/Engineer with development experience in numerous environments. He has worked for and with key players in the manufacturing, emerging markets, retail, medical, telecom, and financial industries to develop and deliver critical capabilities on time and on budget. Currently, he works primarily with large government and commercial customers using Java throughout the stack. He also participates in open-source development at every opportunity, being a JFXtras project committer and developer of DialogFX, MonologFX, and various other projects. When Mark isn't working with Java, he enjoys writing about his experiences at the Java Jungle website (https://blogs.oracle.com/javajungle), his personal website (http://www.thehecklers.org), and on Twitter (@MkHeck).Mark lives with his very understanding wife, three kids, and dog in St. Louis, MO USA. Gerrit Grunwaldis a software engineer with more than ten years of experience in software development. He has been involved in Java desktop application and controls development. His current interests include JavaFX, HTML5, and Swing, especially development of custom controls in these technologies. Grunwald is also interested in Java-driven embedded technologies like JavaSE embedded on Raspberry Pi, i.MX6, BeagleBoneBlack, CubieBoard2, etc. He is a true believer in open source software and has participated in popular projects like JFXtras.org as well as his own projects (Enzo, SteelSeries Swing, SteelSeries Canvas). Gerrit is an active member of the Java community, where he founded and leads the Java User Group Münster (Germany), he co-leads the JavaFX and IoT community at Oracle and is a JavaOne RockStar and Java Champion. He is a speaker at conferences and user groups internationally.Dr. José Pereda, PhD in Structural Engineering, works as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineers at the University of Valladolid in Spain. His passion is applying programming to solve real problems. Dr. Pereda has been working in Java since 1999. He now divides his time between JavaFX and the Embedded world, developing commercial applications and open source projects (JFXtras, https://github.com/jperedadnr), blogging (http://jperedadnr.blogspot.com.es/), tweeting (@JPeredaDnr), and speaking at conferences (JavaOne, W-JAX, Jfokus). José lives with his wife and four kids in Valladolid, Spain.Sean M Phillipsis a Java Software Architect currently working on ground systems for Space Science missions at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  He has developed embedded systems, modeling and simulation and visualization software for projects from commercial & military RADAR, heavy manufacturing, Battlespace Awareness and Orbital Flight Dynamics.  Sean is the lead developer of F(X)yz (http://birdasaur.github.io/FXyz/), a free third party library for JavaFX 3D components and data visualization tools.  Sean enjoys sharing his experiments through blog entries on various sites including Java.net (https://weblogs.java.net/blogs/sean.mi.phillips), The NetBeans DZone (http://netbeans.dzone.com/users/seanmiphillips), and personal media (Twitter - @SeanMiPhillips).Sean lives in Bowie, MD, USA with his very supportive wife Zulma and sons Sebastian and Sean Alexander.