Tutorial on AIR, Silverlight and JavaFX at DevX
Posted on Sep 06, 2007
I caught this link on DZone this morning. A site called DevX has posted an interesting tutorial showing how to make the same basic sample application using first Silverlight, then AIR and then JavaFX. I admit to not actually walking through the code in great detail, however each section summarizes the experience briefly listing the benefits and drawbacks of each platform.
While giving AIR a definite edge in terms of ease of use and adoption (with extra credit for the badge install process), the article seems to imply that Microsoft is in a very strong position longer term to push adoption of Silverlight using Windows Update. Overall, it gives very positive reviews of both Silverlight and AIR, while the review of JavaFX was less than flattering saying that it is so slow that "this might spoil all its potential advantages" ...not good.
Anyway, this is a good read even if all you want is a basic comparison of the platforms and don't need the code walkthrough. You can find the tutorial at http://www.devx.com/RichInternetApps/Article/35208.
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