While Clint makes some great points about code completion and refactoring, I would still encourage you to take a look at WTKX. It can really help simplify the task of constructing a complex GUI. G
On May 16, 2010, at 1:53 PM, java programmer wrote: > Hello Greg, > > Thank you very much. I think so i will be using the complete Java source code > rather then > using WTKX files as you suggested. I will design the application on paper and > then start > coding, will surely be needing your help time to time. > > Many Thanks > Prithvi > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Clint Gilbert > <[email protected]> wrote: > From the perspective of someone who is fairly new to Pivot and writing a > decent-sized standalone app with it, I can say that Pivot's API is about > 10,000 times cleaner than the other choices available for Java. Pivot > is quite pleasant to use. > > A GUI builder would be nice, but the Pivot API and tutorials are good > enough that I haven't felt like I really needed one. I tried out SWT > and Swing on the same project. They were both much more verbose and > required so many fiddly settings that a GUI builder was a necessity; > with Pivot it's a nice-to-have at best. > > I don't use WTKX as I have a general bias against coding apps in XML - > there are too many magic strings to line up without typos, and an IDE > can't help you refactor - so all my experience is with coding UIs in Java. > > If you need to give a standalone Java app a nice UI with little fuss, I > recommend Pivot wholeheartedly. The fact that an app can be deployed as > an applet with no code changes is a nice bonus. > > java programmer wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > 2- I am seeing that, Pivot is made using eclipse. Mostly what i am noticing > > for every component i need to write the code by hand. There is no > > drag and support for components like Swing. Even to the extend i can't use > > some xml editor to find out what properties a particular element is > > having. Is there a solution to this problem? Any DTD available? > > > > 3- One thing which might be needed in Pivot might be the validation > > support. Is pivot providing some validation framework like struts do? If > > not, > > can we use some apache validations API inside the pivot application to > > perform the validations? > > > > 4- Is it able to integrate with Spring and Hibernate? > > > > 5- Do every-time if we have to use it inside the web-application, we have > > to expose it as an applet? > > > > 6- What is the learning curve for Apache Pivot? How many days it will > > require to fully understand the WTKX and start coding in it efficiently? > > > > I am looking forward to know this information. > > > > Best Regards, > > Prithvi Sehgal > > >
