Re: Swing
On 8/16/2012 5:14 AM, Qu0ll wrote:
"Roedy Green" wrote in message
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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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