> Actually there are a couple of Swing Application Framework forks -- the one > that seems to get the most attention is the Better Swing Application > Framework (http://bsaf.sourceforge.net/). If you use NetBeans and create a > Swing application it uses the standard Swing Application Framework to create > the app. Both frameworks use most of the swing best practices.
Yeah well, best practices tend to morph in Swing. What's best practice for event handling? Use java.util.Observable? Beans Binding? PropertyChangeListener? JGoodies Binding? Eclipse JFace? Rolling your own observer interfaces? > There is much more stuff available for free as for .NET. And just > looking at JTable, this is such a powerful thing - never ever seen > such a thing somewhere else. For sure, but the power comes at a price. In .NET you can just use generic components without messing with Editors, Renders and various models underneath. > I think, it is quite hasty to judge something of being dead without a > good alternative has been really brought to live. Look at the change logs, mailing lists and inclusion plan for JSR-295 and 296 in JDK7. I stand by my words, if not dead... then super cryo- frozen. /Casper -- 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.
