{"id":1308,"date":"2014-03-08T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T09:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graham-kendall.com\/blog\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2020-09-22T01:58:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T01:58:20","slug":"swing-swt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graham-kendall.com\/blog\/swing-swt\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing or SWT when using WindowBuilder"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my last post<\/a> I was trying to decide whether to use Swing or SWT when using WindowBuilder. I am using the Eclipse IDE.<\/p>\n

Learning to use Swing or SWT<\/h1>\n

The problem is, there does not seem to be any clear cut view as to which is best. This post<\/a> on stackexchange is typical.<\/p>\n

Researching the options<\/h1>\n

Most of the forums\/tutorials I found on Google tended to jump in at the deep end, assuming that you know the basics and it was not very helpful in making this decision. Then I came across this youtube video.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wknEVG9bJic<\/p>\n

The sound quality is not that good, but it takes you from how to install WindowBuilder, all the way to using Swing to create a window. I actually followed the tutorial in real time and managed to get the same results (a window with a text button in it), which I though was quite impressive.<\/p>\n

The tutorial uses Swing, and I have since heard that Swing is better for Windows applications. Whether that is true or not, I don’t know, but as I have to make a decision, I have decided (for now anyway) to adopt Swing.<\/p>\n

If I am honest, I don’t think it actually makes that much difference. The applications that I intend to write will be fairly simple from a GUI point of view, so I doubt that I would really push the limits of either Swing or SWT.<\/p>\n

Decisions made<\/h1>\n
\"Swing<\/a>
Eclipse IDE (Dowsnloaded from Google, vis Creative Commons – 06 Mar 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whether, this is a good decision remains to be seen – but at least I am making some decisions. I have decided to use Eclipse, and now Swing.<\/p>\n

I think that these represent two of the major decisions and even they are not reversible. I can always switch at a later date.<\/p>\n

Probably of more importance now, is to actually write some Java code. Knowing C++ should make this relatively easy, but bolting everything together within a GUI might be the major challenge!<\/p>\n

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