I actually stumbled on this article as I was searching about JavaFX because someone mentioned that JavaFX didn't support inner functions. In my googling I came across this. Good to see that isn't the case. Thanks for the list and link. We haven't had a need for JavaFX yet, but I always like to keep the language option open. Thanks!

Aaron, Good to hear from you. It's interesting that you would respond to this particular post, as I recall that you first introduced closures to me (in the context of JavaScript). The major benefits that I see with JavaFX Script are:

* declaratively expressing the UI, including layout widgets

* binding the UI to a model, and its innate ability to do the MVC pattern

* attribute triggers

* leveraging Java classes and compiling to JVM bytecode

* excellent 2D graphics, and soon to come animation, support. 3D graphics will follow.

All of the above are implemented in a simple, elegant, and fun to use way. Please see my [[visit link] Putting My CTO Hat On] post for more details on my rationale for utilizing JavaFX Script.

Thanks, Jim Weaver "Helping You Become a JavaFXpert" weblog: [visit link]

Nice article. I'm just starting to look at JavaFX and want to know the benefits of use it verse something like Rhino. It seems that Rhino offers many of the same capabilities (using native java classes) and is already integrated with some projects, like Apache Cocoon. Rhino being JavaScript, I am more familiar with it. Other than JavaFX being strongly typed, what other benefits does JavaFX provide?