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Java Good Frameworks/Libraries For Developing Java Desktop Applications?

Mathematical

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Hey there.

I'm quite interested in toying around with building desktop applications with the Java programming-language. Aside from Java's AWT, Swing, and JavaFX(They can't seem to make their mind-up on what to use as a library), what other frameworks/libraries are there for developing Java desktop applications?

Thanks.
 
Last time I looked NetBeans had a good UI for laying out window components.

I thought at one point we were using a different UI library at my work which gave a look and feel that matched the OS the application was running on (instead of the default "metal" look and feel), but I can't find any references to the library used.

... ah, found it: http://www.jidesoft.com/ . It looks like it also provides the look and feel stuff too, but I think it's possible to do that without the JIDE library.
 
Last time I looked NetBeans had a good UI for laying out window components.

I thought at one point we were using a different UI library at my work which gave a look and feel that matched the OS the application was running on (instead of the default "metal" look and feel), but I can't find any references to the library used.

... ah, found it: http://www.jidesoft.com/ . It looks like it also provides the look and feel stuff too, but I think it's possible to do that without the JIDE library.
I think I did hear of NetBean's UI designer. Although, I don't use NetBeans, I use Eclipse instead, so I can't really comment on it.

I looked at the library that you linked to, although I'm quite annoyed by the fact that I need to pay for a license just to use it. I should've specified in my original post that I would've preferred something that's free and open.
 
I looked at the library that you linked to, although I'm quite annoyed by the fact that I need to pay for a license just to use it. I should've specified in my original post that I would've preferred something that's free and open.

There is the common layer http://www.jidesoft.com/products/oss.htm which is dual licensed and is available on GitHub https://github.com/jidesoft/jide-oss .

The NetBeans GUI builder hides the complexity that is the Java GroupLayout (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/group.html). I think that GroupLayout gives the most flexibility as well as being the most annoying to use.
 

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