Visage, the JavaFX Language

Most programming languages have their basis in computation and mathematics, and grow towards their most common use case. For some languages, such as LISP, this is artificial intelligence. For others, such as Java, the predominant use case has become backend business applications. However, there are very few languages that are designed and tailored specifically for UI development.

Visage is an exception, inasmuch as it was originally conceived by Christopher Oliver as a UI language called F3 for Form Follows Function, specifically targeted at making it easier to program graphic user interfaces. It was renamed JavaFX Script and served as the UI programming language for all JavaFX applications prior to the release of JavaFX 2.0. Currently it is being developed as an independent UI programming language called Visage, available as open-source, and can be used with JavaFX and other UI toolkits.