Hi,
Swing is more an API than a framework (it provides components, models,
etc) but it is a bit less powerfull (it doesn't manage your application
life cycle neither the "request" cycle, don't have any builtin error
management, etc).
But it is great to use and learn, far easier than web dev, almost no
compatibility issue between jre versions, looks pretty nice (builtin
selectable "look and feel", etc.), has a lot of powerfull components
(tree, table, spinners, panels where you can draw lines and circles,
...) and layouts, and runs much faster than a webapp (but everybody
knows than desktop are faster than networks), etc...
If you need to do desktop dev, I guess swing is the best choice. Others
usually used API are SWT (used for Eclipse) or AWT (ancestor of swing), etc.
;)
nino martinez wael a écrit :
Hi Guys
I've havent done much desktop development but I wondered if there were
something like wicket for desktop applications? I need it to be a desktop
application because I need to manipulate the keyboard etc, via robot. (I
have been thinking of embedding winstone in a jar with a wicket application
and just run it locally on each desktop, but that seems really overkill and
will not let me manipulate the desktop).
So I've looked at Eclipse RCP, but it does quite not feel like a light
weight way, it might just be me.. What else would you guys suggest, I could
look into?
regards Nino
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