Re: Designing GUIs: reall

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Subject	Re: Designing GUIs: reall
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Date	2011-04-27 15:48 +0000
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Michele wrote:
> Hi,
> I read on the web that NetBeans is better than Eclipse in designing GUIs.
> Do you confirm this?
> 

Netbeans includes a visual GUI-builder for GUIs called Matisse.

For Eclipse there are add-ons, the main one is VE (Visual Editor).

I believe there is a commercial version of Eclipse that includes Matisse.

I, and many other people, design GUIs without using a visual 
GUI-builder. I found learning to use the main Layout managers a useful 
skill. I recommend you try it.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html

Important layout managers include:
   - FlowLayout
   - BoxLayout
   - BorderLayout
   - GridLayout
   - GridBagLayout (tough to learn but the most capable of these)

I suggest you learn the others before attempting to use GridBagLayout.

There are also layout managers that are designed for use by visual 
GUI-builders, e.g. SpringLayout. I suspect they are not good to use 
without a visual GUI-builder - so I avoid using them.

Well regarded 3rd party layout mangers include
   - FormLayout (Part of Karsten Lentsch's "JGoodies" product set)
   - MigLayout (my favourite).

-- 
RGB

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