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What's wrong with Java 2D, Swing, and SWT specifically, rather than being old? Saying that IntelliJ IDEA is the only Swing app that doesn't suck isn't really an
by tannhaeuser 6y ago
What's wrong with Java 2D, Swing, and SWT specifically, rather than being old? Saying that IntelliJ IDEA is the only Swing app that doesn't suck isn't really an argument to fragment the Java desktop space even further when new desktops apps (Java or otherwise) haven't been developed for well over a decade.
- LoSboccacc 6y agoSWT had a lot of weird cross platform quirks which were unbearable to diagnose, it's been 10+ years now so I can't recall all details, but every time I tried under the premise of the better components, as the UI got complex, there was no other solution but escape back to Swing, where the tooling and facilities around where miles better.
- AshamedCaptain 6y agoSWT is not even mentioned, being literally the other big elephant in the room (Eclipse). Grosso modo it does not look like due diligence has been done...
- Debug_Overload 6y agoThe author also lumps AWT, Swing and JavaFX together. They're different, and some were created to solve issues others didn't address, and/or improve them (never mind that JavaFX is its own beast, and is quite different from the other two, which are relatively close). But they're all GUI toolkits, and they all suck doesn't make sense.