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I write applications in Java, and I'm looking for ways to speedup GUI programming. Binding frameworks help, but the particular application I'm working on now wouldn't benefit too much from that (it doesn't display a lot of data, just a lot of ways to manipulate the data). I feel like I spend way too much time writing boiler-plate GUI code, like adding action listeners, laying out components, etc. While I'm not a C# developer, I've heard XAML works very well and have seen JAXX, which appears to be similar to XAML. I'm also looking at the Groovy Swing Builder. It just seems like there are so many options, maybe even too many.
Can anyone share their thoughts on alternatives to hand writing simple Java UI code?
Also, I'd be interested in discussing how to migrate existing Java Swing code to use some of these options.
thanks, Jeff
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Majority of existing GUI java codebases are Swing and likely will stay that way until the codebase rots and nobody maintains it anymore. Majority of new GUI java codebases are using JavaFX , which is the Swing replacement in Java8 and is part of the standard java library now.
JavaFX was intended to replace Swing as the standard GUI library for Java SE, but it has been dropped from new Standard Editions while Swing and AWT remain included, supposedly because JavaFX's marketshare has been "eroded by the rise of 'mobile first' and 'web first applications." With the release of JDK 11 in 2018, ...
Oracle will continue developing Swing and AWT in Java SE 8 and Java SE 11 (18.9 LTS). This means they will be supported by Oracle through at least 2026.
From a Java developer perspective, both technologies are highly useful in writing pluggable UI components. With its vast UI component library, Swing can provide added advantage to the developer, whereas when it comes to design modern and rich internet application, JavaFX can supersede Swing.
How about using MiGLayout?
It is extremely simple to learn and use. I strongly recommend it to you. In my last project, it helped me to reduce much time to implement lots of GUI.
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