Working with the JavaFX Scene Graph

The individual items held within the JavaFX scene graph are known as nodes. Each node is classified as either a branch node (meaning that it can have children), or a leaf node (meaning that it cannot have children). The first node in the tree is always called the root node, and it never has a parent. See a general inheritance diagram in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Root, Branch, and Leaf Nodes

1. Creating a Scene with Root Node Only
2. Adding a Leaf Node
3. Animating the Scene

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