Real life Java Swing Project

Question

I've been working with swing for the last 2 years, but i'm still not satisfy with my own work. The apps are "fast" enough, but the development isn't enough "clean".

Can you recommend me any real world project, book, or something similar that shows me how a real world swing app work. May be a framework, something structured, etc.

For example, i'm thinking i may code a "window manager" that has all the window of the app in an unified resource, may be cached, etc. I think all those good ideas must be implemented already.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I'd recommend you to have a look at the NetBeans Rich client platform or the IntelliJ IDEA source code - those are two of the most prominent open source Swing applications in existence.