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Re: Programmers Toolkit GUI Builder and building applications

Brian Leathem skrev den 24-12-2007 06:50:

I've been looking at using the Spring Framework. From what I understand so far, it not only uses an XML file to build your GUI, but the same xml file governs how the components interact. I'm just wary of wandering down the path of yet another framework, which may or may not be supported 10 years down the road when we have to undergo code maintenance.
If this is a major concern for you, then you should definitively consider my earlier suggestion of raw Swing code in Java files, instead of using a framework to do so.

This means either doing it yourself (which is rather tedious but doable) or using a visual editor which knows raw Java. The Matisse editor in Netbeans might also be suitable for you, since it is very easy to use, create good results, and IIRC can generate finished Java code, which you then can later use with a visual editor which knows raw Java.


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