Getting a Jump Start in JavaFX - JavaFX 8: A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients - page 9

Understanding the Hello Earthrise Program
Now that you've run the application, let's walk through the program listing together. The code for the Hello Earthrise
application is shown in Listing 1-1.
Listing 1-1. The HelloEarthRiseMain.java Program
package projavafx.helloearthrise.ui;
import javafx.animation.Interpolator;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.animation.TranslateTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.VPos;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.scene.text.TextAlignment;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;
/**
* Main class for the "Hello World" style example
*/
public class HelloEarthRiseMain extends Application {
/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
Application.launch(args);
}
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
String message
= "Earthrise at Christmas: "
+ "[Forty] years ago this Christmas, a turbulent world "
+ "looked to the heavens for a unique view of our home "
+ "planet. This photo of Earthrise over the lunar horizon "
+ "was taken by the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968, showing "
+ "Earth for the first time as it appears from deep space. "
+ "Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders "
+ "had become the first humans to leave Earth orbit, "
+ "entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. In a historic live "