To play an AR scavenger hunt game, Oracle Code One attendees download the app, then use their smartphone cameras to search for chess pieces placed in the developer lounge area.

Sun Microsystems on Thursday will launch the JavaFX preview release as it aims to round up its bevy of Java developers to be a player in rich Internet applications.The preview release gives ...

JavaFX 14 is available to help developers create cross-platform GUI applications with a single codebase. Improvements include HTTP/2 support with an embedded browser, controlled by native Java code.

To participate, players download a recruitment kit that includes the JavaFX SDK and the NetBeans IDE. Players need to use the SDK as part of the game, using it, for example, to find a password.