I did a quick search of the archives and have not seen Matisse, Netbeans'
new GUI RAD, mentioned, nor have I stumbled across it when I have a chance
to read the list. (I've also seen enough posts about tools I figured this
is relatively on topic.)
That Matisse has apparently not been mentioned is now so a grave disservice
I feel I should rectify the omission. ;^)
If you make end user GUIs, you should give the recently released alpha
version of Matisse a try. I worked as a VB6 programmer for many years and
.NET after that, and this is the first Java GUI builder I've seen that
approaches VB6 and Windows.Forms' ease of use. Its promise really is that
good.
Anyhow, for links to the Qbuild with Matisse and how to get it running on OS
X, feel free to check out this post:
http://myfreakinname.blogspot.com/2005/06/matisse-great-start.html
It runs very well on my iBook G4, 1.2 GHz, 1.25 Gigs RAM. Some incomplete
features in there, and its ability to "infer" what you intend your GUI to do
on resize is still iffy imo, but if you're using GridBagLayout for tough
forms, your prayers have been answered.
Ruffin Bailey
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