What is the Java equivalent to C#'s Windows Forms for building GUI apps easily and rapidly

Question

I wanted to learn to program and looked at both Java and C#. I decided to go with C# because it was so easy to just open a form and plop some buttons and text boxes on it. With just one download, C# Express got me going.

From what I saw with Java that couldn’t be done. At least not without downloading and configuring other software. All of which I found no easy instructions for. But I really wanted to learn Java.

I really don’t want to learn how to create UIs AND a new language. I’d rather just to concentrate on the code itself. Is there an easy way (like C# basically) to create Java apps?

Answer 1

Are you talking about a GUI builder?

There are many GUI builders out there. Some IDEs like Netbeans come with nice GUI builders for Java.