Also - has anyone looked at Spring Rich Client [1]? I used a very early version of it once a couple years ago for a very small project, but have not dealt with it since. I'm also not sure if it will continue to be supported since it hasn't been released or updated in over a year.
[1] - http://spring-rich-c.sourceforge.net/1.0.0/index.html -- Jeremy Thomerson http://www.wickettraining.com On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Jeremy Thomerson<[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to build a nice-looking java desktop application. I hope > that isn't an oxymoron :). I have built some desktop apps before - a > lot of command line utilities in various languages, and some GUI apps > (perl, java, python, php, even vb (yikes!), c# etc...). > > The question is - what framework do you use for your UI components and > layout on a desktop app? I would like to use Java because I'll be > most efficient with it and it will work for me on linux machines and > others on Windoze, etc.. But when I've built Swing apps in the past, > I have hated having to layout everything in the code and I can never > make anything aesthetically pleasing. So.... > > 1 - do you have any recommendations on a good framework for nice > looking desktop apps? > 2 - any other recommendations for desktop apps in general? > 3 - It should be a lightweight, easy install - and I would prefer to > stay away from using the Eclipse framework for building the app (I use > the IDE but it doesn't need to be something that heavy for the GUI) > 4 - I have even thought about building an app that opens a swing > window that contains an embedded browser and jetty servlet running the > app so that I can use Wicket. Has anyone thought of or done this > before? > > Basically, it's a CRUD application, but containing personal data that > the user should not store on someone else's server. I would use an > embedded database that stores the data with encryption. > > Ideas? > > -- > Jeremy Thomerson > http://www.wickettraining.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
