The free online course "JavaFX Programming (with passion)" by Sang Shin and Jim Weaver is due to start on August 25th 2009.

The course is provided for free, with only registration required with the JavaFX Programming Google Group.

The course is split into 16 topics and is scheduled to end on December 21st 2009.  The topics for the course are:

• JavaFX Technology Overview
• JavaFX Script I
• JavaFX Script II
• Creating GUIs I
• Creating GUIs II
• Creating GUIs III
• Animation
• Creating GUIs using CustomNode
• JavaFX Media
• JavaFX Deployment (and Java SE 6 Update 10)
• JavaFX and JavaScript integration
• JavaFX Production Suite
• Accessing RESTful Web Services
• Mixing JavaFX and Java
• JavaFX Mobile
• WidgetFX

Having been a past member of Sang Shin's courses, they are highly recommend them.  If you are interested in learning about JavaFX, then this course is for you.