Finished the start meny layout and also made it a class that runs from main class 'MyApp'.

src/main/java/no/ntnu/idatt1002/demo/MyApp.java

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import no.ntnu.idatt1002.demo.view.MyWindow;
  */
 public class MyApp {
 
+    static StartMenu menu = new StartMenu();
+
     /**
      * Main method for my application
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        MyWindow window = new MyWindow("The Window");
-        window.setVisible(true);
+        menu.start();
    }  
 }

src/main/java/no/ntnu/idatt1002/demo/StartMenu.java

+package no.ntnu.idatt1002.demo;
+
+import javafx.application.Application;
+import javafx.geometry.Insets;
+import javafx.geometry.Pos;
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
+import javafx.scene.control.Button;
+import javafx.scene.image.Image;
+import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
+import javafx.scene.layout.*;
+import javafx.scene.text.*;
+import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+public class StartMenu extends Application{
+
+    @Override
+    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException {
+        primaryStage.setTitle("BudgetBuddy");
+        ImageView bck = new ImageView(new Image(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/Defaults/budgetbuddycover.jpeg")));
+        bck.setPreserveRatio(true);
+        bck.setFitWidth(750);
+
+
+        StackPane pane = new StackPane();
+        HBox buttons = new HBox();
+        VBox layout = new VBox();
+        Button opt1 = new Button("Start New Budget");
+        Button opt2 = new Button("Continue Ongoing Budget");
+        opt1.setPadding(new Insets(20,100,20,100));
+        opt2.setPadding(new Insets(20,100,20,100));
+        buttons.getChildren().addAll(opt1, opt2);
+        buttons.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
+        buttons.setSpacing(75);
+
+        Text text = new Text();
+        String textContent = "BudgetBuddy";
+        text.setText(textContent);
+        text.setFont(Font.font("verdana", FontWeight.BOLD, FontPosture.REGULAR, 60));
+
+
+        layout.getChildren().addAll(text, buttons);
+        layout.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
+        layout.setSpacing(100);
+
+        pane.getChildren().addAll(bck, layout);
+        Scene scene = new Scene(pane);
+        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
+
+        primaryStage.setResizable(false);
+        primaryStage.show();
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        start();
+    }
+}
+

src/main/java/no/ntnu/idatt1002/demo/UI.java

-package no.ntnu.idatt1002.demo;
-
-import javafx.application.Application;
-import javafx.geometry.Pos;
-import javafx.scene.Scene;
-import javafx.scene.control.Button;
-import javafx.scene.image.Image;
-import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
-import javafx.scene.layout.*;
-import javafx.stage.Stage;
-
-import javafx.scene.control.Label;
-
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-public class UI extends Application{
-
-    @Override
-    public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
-        Label label = new Label("Title");
-
-        VBox rootV = new VBox();
-        HBox rootH = new HBox();
-        Scene scene = new Scene(rootH, 500, 500);
-
-        Button btnNormal = new Button("_Normal");
-        Button btnDefault = new Button("_Default");
-        Button btnCancel = new Button("_Cancel");
-        btnDefault.setDefaultButton(true);
-        btnCancel.setCancelButton(true);
-
-        btnNormal.setOnAction(event ->{
-            normalButton();
-        });
-        btnDefault.setOnAction(event ->{
-            defaultButton();
-        });
-        btnCancel.setOnAction(event ->{
-            cancelButton();
-        });
-
-        ImageView bck = new ImageView(new Image(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/Defaults/Journey.png")));
-        rootH.getChildren().add(bck);
-
-        rootH.getChildren().addAll(btnNormal, btnDefault, btnCancel);
-        rootH.setAlignment(Pos.BOTTOM_CENTER);
-        rootH.setSpacing(10);
-        rootV.getChildren().add(rootH);
-
-
-        stage.setScene(scene);
-        stage.setTitle("Menu");
-        stage.show();
-    }
-
-    private void normalButton(){
-        System.out.println("Button activated for normal");
-    }
-
-    private void defaultButton(){
-        System.out.println("Button activated for default");
-    }
-
-    private void cancelButton(){
-        System.out.println("Button activated for cancel");
-    }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        launch(args);
-    }
-
-
-}