Greetings.
After abandoning Applet and Japllet, as a way to create games for windows, I installed/integrated JavaFX into Eclipse yesterday.
I've done two tutorials so far and can create a new Java FX project in eclipse IDE.
When I get to the tutorial of using FXML to design a form, they say:
- In the JavaFX application category, choose JavaFX FXML Application. Click Next.
- Name the project FXMLExample and click Finish
I have no Java FXML Application option. In fact, I don't even have JavaFX Application, only JavaFX project, which I've been using for the other tutorials (with success).
And another thing: on the web I find several confusing references to a non-existent Scene Builder, that we are told to download from here and there (but is nowhere). How exactly do things stand nowadays with this JavaFX? Is it being used? Has it been abandoned like Applet, SWING and JApplet? Why such confusion around the elusive scene builder?
More importantly, how can I get going with JavaFX, what am I missing about (I suppose) the installation? (assuming people are still using Java for GUI standalone applications like games, and that JavaFX is the way to go)
Any advice on these matters is very welcome, since I've lost months around Applets only to find it is being deprecated. Info around Java is very disperse and out of date, contrasting with what happens with everything related with Android Studio. With google, every info is centralized on their Udacity site, and a full working updated package of Android Studio is readilly available for download. Why is it so difficult with Java, with so many out of date links and info, and so disperse resources? Just to get my hands on JavaFX (how to download and integrate it) I lost around one whole day in forums and surfing.
The people I know use Android powered devices. I want to build apps for them, but I also would like to be able to do it for windows and other OSs by using Java, but it is so dificult that I'm starting to ask if I shouldn't be focusing only on Android Studio. To be honest, the only reason I'm still trying with Eclipse and Java, is that my PC is too weak to handle AS emulator.
I appologyze for the complaint, but I am really at the bottom of my psycological strength here. Please assist, I only want to use Java FX and the FXML or Scene Builder, or whatever is in use today.
Many many thanks