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Java swing is NOT a terrible UI. It is easy to use and deploy. I wrote
an app one-time and deployed it on Compaq Tru64, OpenVMS, NT/2000, Solaris
and on Linux without modification.<br>
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The JTable class alone is enough of a reason to use swing. It is very easy
to create a front end to a database with JDBC.<br>
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Finding people to maintain and support a deployed app is easy as most college
level courses include java.<br>
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Java is easy to use, lots of documentation and examples, easy to deploy,
easy to maintain. That is why it is popular. This is why I suggest to
my clients -- and many of my clients have this in place already -- that all
new code be written in Java and any migration should be done to Java.<br>
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Matt Thoren<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mthoren@mttcc.com">mthoren@mttcc.com</a><br>
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Joel Schneider wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 12:53:52PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thursday 24 April 2003 11:14 am, Matt Thoren wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Why not Java?
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<pre wrap="">Personally, java swing sucks. Java has a terrible UI. There are also
requirements on this current project that prevent usage of Java.
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$0.02: Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) [1] is an alternative Java UI
toolkit that offers advantages over Swing. SWT was developed as a
component of the open-source Eclipse IDE [2], and has helped make it
possible to port the Eclipse IDE to multiple GUI environments, including
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux (x86/Motif), Linux (x86/GTK 2), Solaris 8
(SPARC/Motif), Mac OSX (Mac/Carbon), etc. [3].
[1]<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/main.html">http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/main.html</a>
[2]<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eclipse.org/">http://www.eclipse.org/</a>
[3]<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/R-2.1-200303272130/index.php">http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/R-2.1-200303272130/index.php</a>
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