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==History==

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JavaFX Script used to be called '''F3''' for '''F'''orm '''F'''ollows '''F'''unction. F3 was primarily developed by [Chris_Oliver_(software_engineer)|Chris Oliver], who became a [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] employee through their acquisition of [[SeeBeyond Technology Corporation]] in September 2005.

Its name was changed to JavaFX Script, and it became [[open source]]d at [[JavaOne]] 2007.

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On September 10, 2010 Oracle announced at [[JavaOne]] that JavaFX Script would be discontinued, although the JavaFX API would be made available to other languages for the Java Virtual Machine.<ref>[http://javafx.com/roadmap/ JavaFX 2010-2011 Roadmap]</ref>

On September 27, 2010 Stephen Chin announced [[Visage (programminghttps://github.com/visage-lang language)|Visage]] a declarative user-interface language based on the JavaFX script with enhancements.<ref>http://steveonjava.com/accouncing-visage/</ref>

More recently, the original [https://code.google.com/p/form-follows-function/ F3 programming language] is now in the process of being resurrected and enhanced.

== Features ==