Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing?

From	Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.gui
Subject	Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing?
Date	2020-10-22 21:09 +0100
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On 05/08/2020 5:22 pm, Jeffrey H. Coffield wrote:
> Java 8 included FX support but after that you have to download a 
> separate jar and also contend with the "new features**" of Maven or Gradle.

This is the part that puts me off from using JavaFX... It's not
standard with JRE any more. Also not all platform are equal
when comes to JavaFX. eg for a long time there simply wasn't
support for JavaFX under FreeBSD - my development system and
daily desktop system. These days its not a problem, but then
you also have the issue of what 3D driver do users have
installed.

Just too many barriers - limiting who can run you application
reliably. When it comes to Swing, *everybody* can run your
applications exactly as you indented for them too. No barriers
for the end-user.

I guess this is why you don't really see many JavaFX based
applications in the wild, yet there are millions of Swing
apps (old and new).

So yeah, they might have improved the API of JavaFX, but they
sure didn't improve deployment and ease of usage of apps
built with it.

Regards,
  Graeme

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Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-04 14:59 +0200
  Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> - 2020-08-05 09:22 -0700
    Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-06 20:15 +0200
      Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-08-07 01:42 +0200
        Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-07 10:52 +0200
          Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-08-08 02:47 +0200
            Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-11 10:00 +0200
              Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-08-11 12:33 +0200
                Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2020-10-22 22:10 +0100
                Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-10-26 07:39 +0100
                Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? James Shisia <jamesshisia6@gmail.com> - 2022-08-23 05:48 -0700
          Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> - 2020-08-08 09:43 -0700
            Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-11 10:13 +0200
              Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> - 2020-08-15 09:26 -0700
                Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? slawek <x.y@org.org> - 2020-08-20 14:37 +0200
    Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2020-10-22 21:09 +0100
      Re: Is JavaFx better than Swing? Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2020-10-22 21:46 +0100

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