Mastering JavaFX 8 Controls (Oracle Press)

Excellent reference for learning javaFX. Plenty of code examples to facilitate understanding. Four stars because of two reasons. The book could stand an editing. I noticed more errors as you got later in the book but this should not distract from it's value. Second, the author could have added a chapter with coding examples for multiple scene/multiple stage manipulation and handling. Over all, I think this was an excellent investment in ramping up and expanding my java/javaFX knowledge. I recommend the book for all programmers wanting to quickly get up to speed and productive with javaFX.

This book is not about mastering JavaFX. It serves two other purposes, neither of which are particularly relevant. The first purpose is to get one interested in using JavaFX and that it might be a good idea to find a book on the subject.. The second purpose is to impress the reader with how much the author knows about JavaFX.

There’s not much content here that doesn’t already exist in the JavaFX docs. Was hoping for more information about creating custom controls, but there isn’t much more than a tease on that subject.

This doesn't give the reader tons of fish to eat, this book teaches fishing. This book gave me insight into JavaFX 8 architecture and now I'm able to do anything on my own, no further reading needed. As a big plus, this book is very well written and easy to understand. Hendrik Ebbers did a great job. Everywhere in this book, you can feel author's experience and understanding of JavaFX.Kindle formatting is good, I had no troubles reading anything. Code samples are images, but can be easily red on Kindle 5.Source code is available for download, but I haven't tried that, since I'm only looking for explanation and understanding. The code samples inside this book tend to be rather short and very descriptive, which is a big plus.

This book is excellent. I sense that a great deal of thought went into this book and it is very well written. I have about 20 years of programming experience, but I'm new to Java. I first read about 2/3 of Schildt's Complete Reference (9th ed.), which is also well written and packed with information. Then I read the first 50 pages of DiMarzio's Quick Start Guide to Java FX but stopped because I found it to be very disappointing (to put it politely). And then I read the first 4 chapters (88 pages) of this book and plan to continue reading the rest. (I thought this background might help give my evaluation some perspective.) I think this book will be appreciated either by experienced programmers who are new to Java or by experienced Java programmers who are new to FX or looking for insightful info about FX, FXML, and the FX controls.

This is not the comprehensive

I like it. I like comparison to Swing in book as I am coming from Swing to FX. Only complaint is code that I download for this book from OraclePressBooks.com is not the same as in book examples

Lack of samples and explanstions

This is how a computer book should be written for experienced programmers.There are plenty of books out there for beginners, so why do most programming books spend hundreds of pages regurgitating the blindingly obvious.This is not one of those books.A lot of Java books still bang on about AWT and Swing. Why?JavaFX is the Ferrari of Java GUI programming, AWT the Morris Minor and Swing (well decide for yourself)Having got that off my chest, if you want to develop JavaFX applications and you already know how to write "Hello, world!" on your screen in 10 different languages, buy this book. It gets straight to the point and stays on it.Enough said.

useless book, really few examples and written terribly

Good book. Getting stuck into learning JavaFX so it is worth buying.

It is easy to follow & does the job.

This is probably not the author's fault, but that of Amazon's kindle books. I've noticed this in other digital books I bought from Amazon (I usually read on Kindle for PC and kindle for Android): Pretty much all the code examples are in a raster image, not selectable text. Obviously it would make for easier learning if you could copy/paste the part where you're at in the book and test it in your IDE of choice (sure, the code is probably available on some website, Github or sth, but let's face it, often times we don't feel like browsing through a bunch of subfolders looking for the part where I'm at in the text).Biggest problem is, that it's hard to read the tiny font. On the Kindle for PC app I can't seem to enlarge or zoom in on the code that is in image form. On Kindle for Android, for some reason, you can tapp the graphic and it enlarges... which is a 'little' better, but not much better, because it reveals the low resolution nature of the graphic inlay! It's a bit frustrating, to have to strain your eyes to follow the code examples. And since the code can get a bit tricky, you often have to re-read it several times anyway, which makes the tiny font/low-rez all the more annoying.Now, I don't want this review from keeping you from getting this book if you're looking to learn JavaFX. In the end, the value you get is there. You get a nice, focused bundle of information by somebody who obviously knows what he's doing. 4/5 stars(the attached image is a 1:1 screengrab from my kindle for PC experience)