I need to compose a fairly simple GUI for a server monitoring process. It will have a few tabs which lead to a log tailing, counts of resources, and a start and top control. Nothing fancy here. Which Java framework, AWT or Swing, makes more sense for something this simple.
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Use Swing or SWT, since AWT has no tabs built in.
Starting with Java 6 Update 10, Swing got an entirely new look and feel, the 'Nimbus Look and Feel'. It looks great and is really fast because it uses vector graphics.
Johannes Weiß
2009-02-12 16:52:31
Ugh, ANOTHER new default look for Swing? Granted, the 1.4 (purple) look was ugly, but the 1.5 look wasn't that bad, nor was the 6 look.
R. Bemrose
2009-02-12 17:19:58
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Swing is the way to go. It's a cleaner programming interface, and looks better.
Paul Tomblin
2009-02-12 16:52:57
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if you are planning to move your gui onto multiple platforms, then go with AWT. Otherwise, Swing gives you a much broader set of components to work with.
yx
2009-02-12 16:53:46
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Swing is your best choice if you're stuck choosing between Swing and AWT.
If you have the flexibility, I would at least consider SWT. It's faster, matches the platform look and feel, and seems to have fewer porting hurdles and regression problems from release to release. There is a small hurdle in setting up your first project (getting the right jars and such), but other than that, it's no more difficult to work in.
Jared
2009-02-12 17:17:59
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AWT was the first Java GUI framework, it had a lot of flaws and was abandoned in favor of Swing. The main reason it is still in the JDK is for backwards compatibility and because some classes are re-used by Swing.
The future however (even for the desktop) could be JavaFX.
kgiannakakis
2009-02-12 17:29:08
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If you are looking for a better looking GUI, you can have a look at substance look and feel package in this address: https://substance.dev.java.net/see.html
Mustafa Zengin
2010-07-09 12:38:22