How to build openJFX 8 on Windows from source

So you’ve heard the news. Oracle shook up the world and changed the support road-map, release cycle, and other things for java and related technologies. However, your business(es)’s JavaFX application(s) (and their dependencies) run on Oracle JDK 8. You like stability, because if you don’t, your business(es)’s software might fail, costing you money or worse — putting you out of business and/or in debt.

So what does this mean for business consumers of Oracle JDK/JavaFX 8? Two things.

The first, the free, public support that we’ve been nursed to over the years, as if a birthright, will soon end.

After January 2019, public updates for Oracle JDK 8 will not be provided for “business, commercial or production use” without a commercial license from Oracle.

The second, JavaFX support will also soon ened.

Free support for JavaFX 8 will be provided until March 2022 and that JavaFX will be removed from the Java SE as of Java SE 11, which is already upon us.

“Winging” it is not an option for serious businesses as using Oracle JDK 8 without security updates, bug fixes, or other support is at best a dire risk and at worse catastrophic; as of Java 11 businesses may not use Oracle JDK 11 in production without a license.