Introduction

What is dotFX?
dotFX is in the business of "Live software". We provide a set of essential but powerful runtime services to software. These include click-to-run deployment, incremental install and update, security, online and offline execution modes, and the ability to run any part of the application on any local or remote device. All of these features are available without code modification. Other services, such as customer support, PKI, licensing and billing, are available as paid options.

dotFX and JavaFX together make a compelling RIA platform. dotFX handles JavaFX delivery at the client, transparent, incremental updates, client-server communication and supplemental runtime security services. dotFX applications share a single set of JavaFX libraries, so downloads are fast.

dotFX combines all the advantages of Web deployment with the power of real client software. Web-oriented business models such as SaaS delivery and billing, metering and monitoring are now available to fully functional client applications.

dotFX also enables entirely new deployment modes such as desktop beachheads into which new features (and, in fact, entirely new applications) can be published over time, and media/player bundles that eliminate compatibility problems and greatly facilitate the problem of rights management. The capabilities of dotFX are therefore a distinct superset of Web and desktop.

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