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From: "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-rj6-this>
Subject: Re: Swing
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  To: Qu0ll
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/16/2012 5:14 AM, Qu0ll wrote:
> "Roedy Green"  wrote in message
> news:5csl28pian0391sl4iehdl47hp289i5ai7@4ax.com...
>> Oracle is pushing JavaFX, but I don't think it will go anywhere. It
>> does not integrate. So Swing is it for now.
>
> Doesn't integrate???  With what exactly?

Roedy probably just made it up.

You should not be surprised if you never get an an answer.

>                                  JavaFX is just another Java
> API, is now included as part of the JDK (as of 7 Update 6),
> interoperates seamlessly with Swing, works with all standard Java SE
> packages, works well with other JVM-based languages and has some very,
> very impressive features.

JavaFX is 10 years newer than Swing and it shows.

>                      If you want to develop new GUI apps with Java
> then JavaFX is a "no brainer" as they say in the states.
>
> Swing will hang around for a long time yet but is not being actively
> developed by Oracle anymore and good luck trying to get any bugs in it
> fixed.  They are pouring an enormous amount of resources into JavaFX and
> rightly so - it's great technology.
>
> IMHO you'd be nuts to start a new project with Swing instead of FX.

JavaFX is certainly worth considering.

But one may have a need to support a platform where JavaFX is not available 
yet.

Arne

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