JavaFX 2.0 will boast improvements like Java APIs for JavaFX, embedding HTML content within a JavaFX app, and improved deployment JavaFX 2.0, an upgrade to the Java-based rich client application ...

But it faces quite a battle in the space against the established Adobe Flash and AJAX platforms and Microsoft's up-and-coming Silverlight.

If you're tired of the endless analysis and would like to, you know, play with the code, Sun has a tutorial on building a simple JavaFX app with NetBeans. Try it out and tell us what you think!

Sun throws JavaFX hat into Web app ring Programmers now can start trying out JavaFX for writing rich Internet applications--and seeing if it's worth using over Adobe's Flash and other alternatives.