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by fierarul 4835 days ago
Very interesting read. So, nothing new on the Swing side?
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edwinnathaniel 4834 days ago
Oracle seems to move to JavaFX. JavaFX is still at its infancy but it shows some promises: iOS + Android (soon), cross-platform installer on desktop OSes (Windows, Mac AppStore) that doesn't require JVM (JDK/JRE) to be installed first.

It's ugly in terms of the UI but the infrastructure is there.

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karianna 4833 days ago
Swing is effectively dead. Oracle will no longer invest in the technology, the preferred way forward is definitely JavaFX (2.0+), it shows a lot of promise for those who still need this type of UI tech.
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sgt 4835 days ago
I can't tell if you are serious or not. Swing is dead, from my point of view. In any case, desktop programs isn't really a strength of Java.
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tomjen3 4832 days ago
Actually that is a case where Java really shines, as it is cross-platform
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