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Create media-rich client applications using JavaFX 9 and the Java 9 platform. Learn to create GUI-based applications for mobile devices, desktop PCs, and even the web. Incorporate media such as audio and video into your applications. Interface with hardware devices such as Arduino and Leap Motion. Respond to gesture control through devices such as the Leap Motion Controller. Take advantage of the new HTTP2 API to make RESTful web requests and WebSockets calls.New to this edition are examples of creating stylized text and loading custom fonts, guidance for working with Scene Builder to create visual layouts, and new content on developing iOS and Android applications using Gluon mobile. The book also covers advanced topics such as custom controls, JavaFX 3D, gesture devices, printing, and animation. Best of all, the book is full of working code that you can adapt and extend to all your future projects.Is your goal to develop visually exciting applications in the Java language? Then this is the book you want at your side. JavaFX 9 by Example is chock-full of engaging, fun-to-work examples that bring you up to speed on the major facets of JavaFX 9. You'll learn to create applications that look good, are fun to use, and that take advantage of the medium to present data of all types in ways that engage the user and lead to increased productivity. The book:Has been updated with new content on modular development, new APIs, and an example using the Scene Builder toolIs filled with fun and practical code examples that you can modify and drop into your own projectsIncludes an example using Arduino and an accelerometer sensor to track motion in 3DHelps you create JavaFX applications for iOS and Android devicesWhat You'll LearnWork with touch-based interfacesInterpret gesture-based eventsUse shapes, color, text, and UIcontrols to create a simple click and point gameAdd audio and video to your projectsUtilize JavaFX 3DCreate custom controls using CSS, SVG, and Canvas APIsOrganize code into modules using Java Platform Module System (Project Jigsaw)Who This Book Is ForJava developers developing visual and media-rich applications to run on PCs, phones, tablets, Arduino controllers, and more. This includes developers tasked with creating visualizations of data from statistical analysis and from sensor networks. Any developer wanting to develop a polished user-interface in Java will find much to like in this book.

The Art of Sean Phillips is a lavish, career-spanning retrospectiveof the acclaimed artist behind Criminal, Sleeper,Incognito, and Fatale. Sean has personally selected the very best,most interesting examples of his art for inclusion, from comic strips assembledwith childhood friends in his bedroom, through his work for British girls'comics and 2000AD, to his role as a key artist in the early years ofVertigo, through his superhero work for Marvel, DC, and WildStorm, and finallyfrom his creator-owned series with Ed Brubaker. Also, the renowned artist hasbeen extensively interviewed, along with many of his key collaborators, for thebook's in-depth commentary on his work and career.

“In the harsh light of the third decade of this century it seems everything that made the comics work, including the bloody single-mindedness, shines ever brighter.” – Tom Shapira, The Comics JournalAfter her eye-opening experiences of corporate interference in Central America, Eve returns to Britain with a renewed political drive and determination to fight for what she believes in.Written in the late 80s by Pat Mills (Nemesis the Warlock, Slaine), this incendiary second volume of the ground-breaking political comic not only contains contributions by legend Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd,Preacher) but also introduces international comics stars Sean Phillips (Criminal, Kill or Be Killed) and Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy, Kid Eternity).

No one carries guilt like Constantine and no one escapes it quite like him. Paul Jenkins and Sean Phillips run on Hellblazer forged a uniquely human John Constantine flawed, self-loathing, and fiercely clever who navigates trauma, time, demons, dreams, and England's haunted soul. From Aboriginal gods and King Arthur s ghosts to personal reckonings in pubs and hellscapes, Jenkins reimagines Constantine s magic not as a tool, but as a curse and dares him to use it anyway. This volume collects Hellblazer #51, #85 128, #250, Vertigo: Winter s Edge #1, and Hellblazer: Books of Magic #1 2.

Best of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. Every Best of 2000 AD contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you'll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case. In this volume: Judge Dredd raises only the law when Mega City One's super-rich consider themselves above it all in Elevator Pitch; crash-land on a Death Planet as Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk) and Henry Flint (Eerie) introduce the monstrous, weaponized (but dead polite) Zombo; go Swimming in Blood with occult detective Devlin Waugh as he investigates a vampire outbreak in an underwater prison by John Smith (Hellblazer) and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Night Fever); ride out into the Godless wasteland of the Cursed Earth and witness Gordon Rennie (Doctor Who) and Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman) preach faith through firepower in Missionary Man. Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Annie Wu (Hawkeye, Black Canary) and Evan Cagle (Dune, Detective Comics) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic..

"Criminal" is a series of knife-sharp, noir-tinged tales about the people who live on the wrong side of the law."In The Dead and the Dying", three crucial players in the world of Criminal are thrust into the spotlight: the bleak tale of Criminal - Coward's grizzled bartender Gnarly; the grim history of alcoholic thief and murderer Teeg Lawless (father of Tracy Lawless, as seen in "Criminal: Lawless"), and a hard-luck femme fatale...By award-winning writer Ed Brubaker ("Gotham Central") and acclaimed artist Sean Phillips ("Marvel Zombies"), this gritty take on society's underbelly also contains exclusive articles on noir cinema by Brubaker, with illustrations by Phillips!