Should I use Qt Jambi in Java?

Question

Is it a good idea for me to use Qt Jambi in Java as a toolkit?

I see that Qt Jambi is hard to learn, and Swing is easier than Qt Jambi, but I think that Qt Jambi is more powerful.

Answer 1

Two years ago, I started a Java Desktop Application and used Swing as a GUI framweork. Up to that point, I had experience with C++/MFC (shudder) and C++/Qt (very nice).

After trying to get along with Swing for a while (including reading lots of tutorials and even a book) I came to the following conclusion:

Swing is much more difficult and clumsy than Qt for three reasons:

1. A lot of simple stuff requires more code than it should.
2. Some things that Qt brings for free are almost impossible to achieve in a reasonable amount of time.
3. Swing doesn't bring a WYSIWYG GUI Editor and I could not find a free one that comes close to Qt's Designer.

I then threw away the Swing GUI, switched to Qt Jambi and was really impressed by it. One weekend later I had a nice Qt GUI and lived happily ever after.