list of java guis

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phantom - 23 Sep 2006 14:48 GMT

HI,

I'm a programmer, but have very little experience with java (school).
Recently, I was asked about java GUIs. What are the most common GUIs
used, and the most supported?

My next question may be off topic, but I'm not sure how it fits into
the GUI libraries. When you talk abou java, you here references to
jdk, javabeans, etc. What are they, and what is the difference? Are
they compilers, environments? Any explanation or links would be
appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

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Joe - 23 Sep 2006 21:15 GMT

phantom schrieb:

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Hi,

well there are afaik 3 types of Java-GUI:

- AWT (oldest gui, should work with all versions of java, fast, looks
imho ugly ;-) )

- Swing (newer than AWT, delivered with the newer Java Version (I forgot
which it was), more GUI-Compenents than AWT, platform-independent
look & feel ---> that means you can choose the look, slow on old
Computers)
Consider http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/ for more
information)

- SWT (faster than SWING, afaik developed by IBM, not delivered with the
standard jdk, SWT-Applications run afaik only on the OS, which they are
developed with)

- JDK (the java development kit is a package which contains some Basic
java-classes consider "http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/", the
java-compiler "javac" to compile java-sourcecode, the java interpreter
"java" to run compiled java classes and some additional tools....

Btw. www.java.sun.com where you should find everything you need ;-)

I dont know anything about Javabeans :-(

Hope this helps
Joe

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Thomas Weidenfeller - 25 Sep 2006 09:20 GMT

> - SWT (faster than SWING, afaik developed by IBM, not delivered with the
> standard jdk, SWT-Applications run afaik only on the OS, which they are
> developed with)

It is often reported that SWT is *not* faster on anything but Windows.
SWT is modeled very much like the Windows GUI system, and that model
apparently doesn't work well on other system architectures.

Swing is often perceived slow (but usually isn't), because people simply
refuse to adhere to Swing's "single threading, but thou shall not block
the EDT" programming model.

/Thomas

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IchBin - 23 Sep 2006 21:52 GMT

> HI,
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Typically this question is asked at least once a week. You can go back
and search the Google Groups.

The major free ide's are JCreator, JDeveloper, Eclipse and Netbeans.

http://www.jcreator.com
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html
http://www.eclipse.org
http://www.netbeans.org

The major commercial ones would be IntelliJ or Websphere.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/websphere
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea

JGRASP and BlueJ are free and where created and used in academia.

http://www.jgrasp.org
http://www.bluej.org
http://edu.netbeans.org/bluej

BlueJ is recommended if you are starting Java or in early stages and
want to lean how to code in a OOD\OOP style of Java. Netbeans has a
BlueJ Edition for people who want to step up from BlueJ to help you
migrate eventually to their full blown Netbeans.

Roedy's website has a comprehensive list:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ide.html

You other question could be addressed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

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IchBin - 23 Sep 2006 21:57 GMT

> HI,
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> Regards,

Coding java GUI's: Java's AWT or SWING and use if the layout managers.
Others? JGoodies and more...

The major free ide's are JCreator, JDeveloper, Eclipse and Netbeans.

http://www.jcreator.com
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html
http://www.eclipse.org
http://www.netbeans.org

The major commercial ones would be IntelliJ or Websphere.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/websphere
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea

JGRASP and BlueJ are free and where created and used in academia.

http://www.jgrasp.org
http://www.bluej.org
http://edu.netbeans.org/bluej

BlueJ is recommended if you are starting Java or in early stages and
want to lean how to code in a OOD\OOP style of Java. Netbeans has a
BlueJ Edition for people who want to step up from BlueJ to help you
migrate eventually to their full blown Netbeans.

Roedy's website has a comprehensive list:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ide.html

You other question could be addressed here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

Also a little Google'in would resolve all you questions on the terms you
mentioned above.

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phantom - 24 Sep 2006 13:37 GMT

Thanks to all for your help. I had already did some searching on the
net, and found a few FAQs. The FAQs mentioned all that you had told
me. But, most of the dates on the FAQs were a year or two old. I just
wanted to be sure.

Thanks again to all you were big help.

> > HI,
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> 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
> -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)

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Brandon McCombs - 23 Sep 2006 21:58 GMT

> HI,
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Except for JavaBeans, those topics are all things that actually would
have been covered in a class for Java. I'm surprised you don't already
know the answers to them.

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