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.

In spite of JavaFX's steep learning curve, its "eye candy factor" convinced Lynden Inc. senior software architect Rob Terpilowski to leave Swing behind and use JavaFX to design rich user interfaces ...

JavaFX, born in the days of HTML5 prevalence, instead uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to allow developers to adjust colors, symbols, placement, alignment and other stylistic issues used in their ...

The JavaFX engine can respond to JavaFX CSS opaque insets to know when to not redraw these areas. There are CSS costs to be aware of such as parsing a stylesheet.