Java IDE for Swing: nib approach vs code generation?
Java IDE for Swing: nib approach vs code generation?
- Subject: Java IDE for Swing: nib approach vs code generation?
- From: Dave Yost <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:58:35 -0700
I searched and searched and browsed and browsed on the web, but I couldn't find a lead on this.
Java IDEs have nice graphical layout tools for Swing objects, but they store your UI as mountains of Java code (set this, set that, etc.). What a mess!
Cocoa's Interface builder stores your UI as an object archive that the app reads in at runtime (in Java this archive would be a serialized object stream file). The only manifestation of your UI in your code is some instance variables and some action methods that you fill in. Much nicer. And it's been around for over 10 years.
So my question is this: is there a Java IDE lurking out there (among the dozens of Java IDEs) that uses Java serialization instead of code generation to store UI structure data?
Thanks
Dave