Let's imagine a situation where we want to write a pure Java application that must download files from a remote computer running an FTP server. We also want to filter downloads on the basis of ...

JavaFX everywhere The cornerstone of Oracle’s client-side efforts is JavaFX, a Java technology aimed at making it easier for designers and developers to collaborate to build rich, graphical UIs.

Oracle will remove JavaFX, Applets and Java Web Start from the JDK after Java SE 8. Swing and AWT will remain.