Re: Best Java GUI Builder
Re: Best Java GUI Builder
- Subject: Re: Best Java GUI Builder
- From: Florijan Stamenkovic <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:05:33 -0400
Uhm, wrong list. Sorry.
F
On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:02, Florijan Stamenkovic wrote:
I second the JFormDesigner recommendation. I've tried every Swing
WYSIWYG builder I could come by, and none of them (in my opinion)
comes even close to JFD.
Some comments on this: "Writing GUI code by hand is tedious and
frustrating. The trade-off is that the code generated by GUI
builders is horrendously ugly and essentially not portable and
impossible to refactor due to its utter chaos."
- Ugly code? What JFD generates is pretty good in my eyes, probably
it is better then if I wrote it by hand. But OK, maybe my criteria
for "pretty" GUI code is not high enough.
- Not portable? What do you mean by not portable? Not portable to
other platforms? Nonsense...
- Utter chaos makes it difficult to refactor? I disagree. I have
boosted my productivity (both in original production and
refactoring) at least ten fold since integrating JFD into my
development environment, as opposed to writing Swing layout code by
hand.
F
On Jun 22, 2008, at 02:54, Thomas Singer wrote:
NetBeans' Matisse is fairly widely regarded as the "best" Swing
UI designer available.
I doubt that. Maybe it is the best one by default integrated in a
Open Source IDE.
We code our GUIs ourself, but I recommend to take a look at
JFormDesigner.
--
Tom
Chris Woods wrote:
Raymond Martin wrote:
Why bother with Swing, use Qt via QtJambi (www.trolltech.com).
That is a Java interface to Qt and it comes with
a GUI builder (QtDesigner).
[...]
The only problem with that is that it doesn't answer the OP's
question. There are valid reasons for using a Swing UI vs. any
other choice (especially Qt).
A more reasonable and honest answer to the question:
NetBeans' Matisse is fairly widely regarded as the "best" Swing
UI designer available. If your Mac is struggling with NetBeans
and Eclipse, there isn't much that can be done to help besides
upgrading your Mac.
Also, regarding the other questions:
1) why Buttons shape differ from GUI builder than when i am
implement it as coding ?
It sounds to me like you might be using AWT buttons instead of
Swing JButtons. I can think of no other reason why the buttons
themselves would look different.
2) is there any lack with GUI builder than implement it by my
self ( like addition librairs ) ?
Writing GUI code by hand is tedious and frustrating. The trade-
off is that the code generated by GUI builders is horrendously
ugly and essentially not portable and impossible to refactor due
to its utter chaos.
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