Why is Java's GUI platform named "Swing?"

Question

Why is Java's GUI development platform named "Swing"? What does it mean?

Answer 1

Swing is not an acronym. The name represents the collaborative choice of its designers when the project was kicked off in late 1996. Swing is actually part of a larger family of Java products known as the Java Foundation Classes ( JFC), which incorporate many of the features of Netscape's Internet Foundation Classes (IFC), as well as design aspects from IBM's Taligent division and Lighthouse Design.

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Here's a history of "Swing"

Answer 2

I'm not sure I understand your question, but Swing is name of the Java UI library and API. (The old, obsolete GUI is called AWT.)

Answer 3

This is all I've found so far - it's code name stuck and it was named after swing dancing.

Answer 4

Many of the folks at Sun who worked on Java are into Swing music and Swing dancing.

Duke, the Java Mascot, was named after Duke Ellington, for example.