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Subject: Re: Editable issues
From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> Arne Vajh=EF=BF=BDj wrote:
> > I strongly suspect that it is not:
> > lack of GUI builder tools =3D> desire to hand write Swing code
> > but instead:
> > desire to hand write Swing code =3D> lack of GUI builder tools
>=20
> If I parse your English correctly, Arne, you're suggesting that folks=20
> *prefer* to code Swing directly rather than make use of GUI builder=20
> interfaces?

No, he's suggesting that in this particular case the person might be delibe=
rately=20
doing it by hand. I guess programmers do that when they want to learn what =
they're=20
actually doing.

> Man, I'm not sure I buy that. I've suffered through writing Swing code=20
> from scratch a few times, I don't see how it's any more useful to do=20
> that than hand-coding JSF Facelets .xhtml and backing bean boilerplate.=
=20
> Which is to say, not useful at all. You gain nothing over using GUI=20
> builder tools, and you lose time better spent on real logic.

Yes, even you have written Swing by hand. What's so odd that others might a=
lso?

Didn't the experience teach you about Swing? That wasn't useful?

--=20
Lew