JavaFX Book Arrives!
By Jim Connors 10 June 2009
Since the beginning, the deadlines set forth for producing our book have been aggressive to say
the least. Ultimately, we wanted them to be physically
available for sale at the JavaOne 2009 conference. These
things arrived literally hot off the press, having been flown in
the opening day of the show. This effort was not in vain;
the results are in. According to our friends at Digital
Guru, JavaFX was definitely the hot topic of the week and JavaFX
- Developing Rich Internet Applications was the best
seller. Furthermore as of 9:52AM Eastern Time 09-June-2009,
Amazon reports that its sales rank is a very respectable
21,873. Not bad for just a few days showing.
These sales were no doubt fueled by Larry Ellison's cameo
appearance during the first JavaOne keynote. Clearly
hampered by what he could and could not say due to Oracle's
pending acquisition of Sun, Larry went out of his way to promote
the future of JavaFX. He must have mentioned it a half dozen
times during his 10 minute or so appearance. On behalf of
Eric and the other Jim, thanks bud.