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JavaFX Blogging Contest Winners

Tarandeep Singh
Why choose JavaFX. How to Code. Benchmark Graphics, CPU, Memory

John O'Conner
Learning JavaFX

Vaibhav Mishra
We got elephant out, now what to expect in JavaFX 1.3/1.5 (post-marina)

Andrew Thorstensen
The JavaFX Journey

Nicholas Apperley
JavaFX 1.2 On Linux

Shubham Gupta
JavaFX 1.2 Released at JavaOne Conference

Jonathan Giles
Java desktop links of the week

Joan Barrull
What is JavaFX app?

Niall Kader
Programming Games in JavaFX - Part 1

Sten Anderson
My JavaFX 1.2 Blogging Contest Submission

Prizes

  • 1st Prize: Top 10 posts will each receive $500

  • Up to 50 honorable mention prizes of a $25 Amazon Gift certificate will be rewarded. (Restrictions apply for international users.)

Contest Guidelines and Rules

  • All entrants must complete the submission form and provide a URL to your blog describing your experience using JavaFX 1.2 SDK.

  • The blog may be about your experience using JavaFX 1.2 SDK, its reliability, performance, manageability, ease of use, new features, a tutorial, tech tip, code sample, requests for enhancements or anything related to JavaFX 1.2 SDK.

  • By participating you give us the right to use the story on Sun's web site and/or in other marketing promotions related to JavaFX.

  • All Entries must be in English.

  • This contest is open only to individuals who submit original testimonials and who are of majority legal age in their country, province or state of legal residence and residents of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, a European Union member state, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and Venezuela. Void in Puerto Rico, Quebec and where prohibited by law.

For a complete list of The Contest Guidelines, please review The Contest Rules.

Deadlines

  • Contest starts: June 2, 2009

  • Contest deadline: July 3, 2009

  • Judging period: July 6 – July 31, 2009

  • Winners announced: Week of July 31, 2009

Judging Criteria

All entries will be judged by a panel of experts based on the following equally weighted judging criteria.

  • Novelty and originality of the blog entry

  • Usefulness and character of the substantive feedback

  • The blog's interest and appeal to the other users of JavaFX 1.2

  • Clarity in the expression about the user experience

  • How the blog demonstrates or showcases specific features

  • The ability to use the blog to improve any aspect of JavaFX 1.2

Support

If you have technical questions about JavaFX visit the JavaFX Forums. You can also contact us with your contest-related questions.