Of course I'm biased here but it would be more productive to include Groovy in the shootout as well.
Sadly both ScalaSwing and JavaFX swing require a lot of effort from the framework perspective, as it currently stands JavaFX Swing needs a wrapper for every single Swing component (imagine making a wrapper for each SwingX, Jide, Flamingo, Kiwi, [the list goes on and on] component). Something similar happens with ScalaSwing, where its builder-like structure requires a factory per component. That is not the case in Groovy thanks in part to its meta-programming facilities. For more information on Groovy + Swing go to http://groovy.codehaus.org/Swing+Builder http://groovy.codehaus.org/SwingXBuilder http://groovy.codehaus.org/JideBuilder http://groovy.codehaus.org/GraphicsBuilder http://griffon.codehaus.org Cheers, Andres On Oct 30, 6:13 am, "Viktor Klang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would be lovely with a JavaFX Swing vs. ScalaSwing shootout when they are > both ready. > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Swing is not going away. We are putting considerable resources behind > > beefing up our client java strategy, both in Swing and JavaFX. They > > both depend on the underlying JRE and Java2D infrastructure, which has > > been receiving a lot of attention lately (in JavaSE 6 update 10 and > > future JRE releases). > > > There will even be an example in the SDK that shows you how to mix > > Swing with JavaFX. Tons of fun stuff coming! > > > J > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 4:58 AM, carljmosca wrote: > > > > We're using NetBeans and the SwingX components for our Swing apps. > > > Ever since JavaOne ended we've been speculating about what our Swing > > > apps might look like by the next JavaOne and what the development > > > experience might be like (relative to JavaFX). > > > > A slowdown of activity over at SwingLabs and a current thread on the > > > SwingLabs has left us a bit more puzzled. > > > > Can anyone here comment on what Sun's plans might be (to the extent > > > they are allowed and comfortable)? Specifically, has the funding > > > permanently gone away? Does JavaJX make it unnecessary? > > > > In addition I wonder if someone closer to this process might be a good > > > Java Posse guest. > > > > As always, thank you Posse for some great work and thanks to the > > > listeners who make this an interesting group. > > > > Cheers, > > > Carl > > -- > Viktor Klang > Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
