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Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications
by
Chet Haase,
Romain Guy
"Filthy Rich Clients" refers to ultra-graphically rich applications that "ooze" cool. They suck the user in from the outset and hang on to them with a death grip of excitement. " Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications " shows you how to build better, more effective, cooler desktop applications that intensify the user ex
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A superb book for anybody who is interested in programming 2D graphics in Java via the AWT and Java2D APIs. Covers the graphics pipeline, rendering mechanics, some threading and scheduling issues, basic animations, effects tricks (simulated shading, reflection, use of gradients, etc.), and lots of solid, practical advice and performance tips. Also good advice on when and where each of these things is actually useful in a UI, rather than obtrusive.
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An oldie now but quite a fun read and taught me a lot of graphics concepts we now take for granted with new generation frameworks like Android, jquery e.t.c - probably still a good read just to find out about the algorithms that make cool animations possible and all that
This book contains the premises for what ultimately became JavaFX
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