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Java GUI like VB

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  • 19-12-2005 11:23am
    #1
    garlad
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I have written many web based applications for my company, using servlets and jsp's. But now we want to try something different, and start developing applications with a 'windows' look and feel to it. We could go the VB route, but would prefer to stay coding in Java.
    Have done one app in Swing, but found it very slow to develop and run.
    Anyone any suggestions?


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    #2
    Torak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭Torak


    SWT

    is probably the best performing java gui toolkit.


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    garlad
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭garlad


    Thanks Torak,
    I'll have a look


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    http://www.swt-designer.com/

    Check that out as well. there is a free version. They disable some stuff (for free version) but you can still manually add yourself and it will render it.


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    madramor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 324 ✭✭madramor


    check out matisse

    heres a flash demo
    http://www.netbeans.org/files/documents/4/475/matisse.html


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    Omnipresence
    Registered Users Posts: 431 ✭✭Omnipresence


    I'd go with the pure java approach rather than SWT...

    The idea of platform specific hooks is kinda strange for Java..

    However if you are going the SWT route then make sure you build on top of the Eclipse Platform...

    Matisse offers a brilliant way (in netbeans) to do WSIWIG form design etc..

    I have build massively complex pure Swing UIs, and buy using pure Swing have been able to target many platforms not least the big three (from UI):

    Windows
    Apple OSX
    Linux

    Also Java 6 is coming round the corner (you can get the snapshots now) and this addresses what for me were the major Swing headaches.. some are:

    -Integration with windows system tray
    -Early splash screen pop-up
    -The Gray Area Repaint issue (biggest for me)
    -Startup time (constantly improves)
    -Table (Sorting/Filtering... doing this by hand was horrible... JTable now provides better hooks)


    -Alan


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    McGintyMcGoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭McGintyMcGoo


    Or this? I have not used it myself but I have heard good reports.


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