1)

Create a Button called goButton with the label "Go!".

Button goButton =; 

2)

Make the TextField voltageField editable by the user.

voltageField.; 

3)

Set an EventHandler for a Button called startButton.

(new EventHandler() { /* Method is automatically called when an event occurs (e.g, button is pressed) */ @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) { // ... } 

4)

Get user input from an editable TextField dateField and assign the text to a String dateStr when scheduleButton pressed.

scheduleButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler() { @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) { String dateStr = ""; dateStr =; } });