Sun is to roll out a Java-based product family called JavaFX, which covers Java development from the desktop to the Web to mobile devices. It features a new scripting variant of the Java, called JavaFX Script. JavaFX is a line of products focused on opportunities in the consumer communications market, targeted to  mobile clients, and TVs. The first product release is JavaFX Mobile, a software system for mobile devices

JavaFX bears a similarity to enhanced graphics capabilities offered in the new Microsoft Silverlight platform. but Silverlight differs in that it is mostly focused on video-streaming.

Formerly referred to by the codename, F3, the JavaFX platform could draw attention from AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programmers. AJAX has grown as a popular technique for building Web pages.

While the Java Mobile Edition (ME) platform has focused on a reduced set of functionality for mobile devices compared to Java SE, JavaFX brings core Java SE capabilities down to mobile devices.JavaFX differs from Sun’s Flair, which also proposes an alternative to AJAX, in that Flair is based on JavaScript but JavaFX is not