Hello, IBM has published an article by Barry A. Feigenbaum and Michael Squillace titled "Introducing the Reflexive User Interface Builder: Build Java GUIs simply and quickly with new technology from alphaWorks".
Barry and Michael write: Hand-coding a GUI in the Java language can be a tedious and error-prone process, regardless of the widget set you use. It's far easier to use a markup language to specify GUIs. The IBM Reflexive User Interface Builder (RIB) is an application that constructs and renders Java AWT/Swing and Eclipse SWT GUIs based upon a descriptive XML document, referred to as a script. RIB is both a specification for a markup language in which to describe Java GUIs and an engine for creating and rendering them. You can use RIB as a standalone application to test and evaluate basic GUI layout and functionality, or as a library within the context of a Java application to create and render GUIs for the application. This article is a brief introduction to the RIB application. We'll explain RIB's features and use two example RIB scripts to illustrate them. The examples are based on the Java 2 Swing framework for building GUIs, and all the embedded code is in Jython, a Java application that allows you to use the syntax and most of the features of the Python programming language. Currently, RIB supports JavaScript/Rhino, Jython, and JRuby as scripting languages. Full story @ http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-rib - Gerald ------------------- Gerald Bauer XUL Alliance | http://xul.sourceforge.net United XAML | http://xaml.sourceforge.net Interested in hiring Gerald Bauer? Yes, I'm available. If you know of an opportunity in Toronto or Vancouver, please contact me today. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ xul-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-announce
