Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Arne Vajhøj" Subject: Re: Swing Message-ID: <502943B7.56780.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <502943B7.56777.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <502943B7.56777.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 2a9819b5 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 19367624 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 29 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:36:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344882983 69.21.70.65 (Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:23 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:23 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17832 To: bob smith From: Arne Vajhoj On 8/13/2012 11:04 AM, bob smith wrote: > Is Swing still pretty much the standard for Java graphics? Or has it finally been replaced by something better? Swing is the safe choice as it is mature and has been part of Java SE for about a decade. If you want more native look and feel and can live with only support on major desktop platforms then you can go for SWT. If you want a modern (*) GUI development platform and can live with only support on major desktop platforms then you can go for JavaFX. As JavaFX is planned to be part of Java SE 8, then if you are looking at long term, then JavaFX seems as something you need to look into. *) Newer does not guarantee better, but given that SUN/Oracle (JavaFX), Adobe (Flex) and MS (WPF & SL) all went for the model with XML markup and code, then maybe it is better! Arne --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24