Good IDE or plugin for any IDE for Swing
Hi all,
I want to create Swing GUI in my application, but i didn't find good IDE for it.
Some IDE what i tried are not allow to freely drop the component on the frame.
The Layout's(Flow,Border..etc) no one is good . I have used C# in one of my application there the i could able to build the GUI very easily. I can drop any where on the screen without much problem.
I want such a tool the should allow me drop the components freely ...
Always we say JAVA ruling...But not ..we have not (Including SUN) developed such a simple GUI designer for Java..
I really feel bad...
IS any thing exist like that
You don't actually want that. They create non-portable hard to debug GUIs.
Still, there are plenty of those available.
"Some IDE what i tried are not allow to freely drop the component on the frame."
I prefer NetBeans. You can have a short sprint working with swings on NetBeans IDE.
Ramki.
Thanks...
I tried Netbeans 3.X version and on wards i never look back to NetBeans..It is such a worst.
Which version of NetBeans your saying ..
I will try .
I have worked with NB 5 beta. I think advanced version is available now (NB 6).
I have no complaints agains NB 5. Its a perfect one for me when it comes to Swings. (Well, my opinion).
Ramki
Hi,
I think there are few IDEs you can use...but as its been said it will be hard to track the code.
You can use...
1. NetBeans 5.5 with the visual plugin,
2. Oracle's JDeveloper 10 g
They are good but the second one uses there own classes for event handling (not too sure).
Cheers.
> didn't find good IDE for it.
> Some IDE what i tried are not allow to freely drop
> the component on the frame.
You cant freely drop the components, until unless u set the layout
of the container null
.
> The Layout's(Flow,Border..etc) no one is good . I
> have used C# in one of my application there the i
> could able to build the GUI very easily. I can drop
> any where on the screen without much problem.
Read Java APIs. Read IDE's documentation. I think
NetBeans has the best GUI builder.
The GUI builder in NetBeans improved a lot (Matisse). I think, it' worth a try!
The default is a new free form layout. If you're using java se 6, the GroupLayout of the jdk will be used, otherwise a java lib will be added automatically.
-Puce
Pucea at 2007-7-28 17:10:05 >
> > The Layout's(Flow,Border..etc) no one is good . I
> > have used C# in one of my application there the i
> > could able to build the GUI very easily. I can
> drop
> > any where on the screen without much problem.
I tried Visual Studio 2005, but for me, the visual designer was not really intuitive. Eg. if you place the components one center and one south, the order is important otherwise they will overlap! I was disappointed, because every time I hear it's so easy to create GUIs with .NET. :-( Just my 2 cents!
Pucea at 2007-7-28 17:10:05 >
> > The Layout's(Flow,Border..etc) no one is good . I
> > have used C# in one of my application there the i
> > could able to build the GUI very easily. I can
> drop
> > any where on the screen without much problem.
I tried Visual Studio 2005, but for me, the visual designer was not really intuitive. Eg. if you place the components one center and one south, the order is important otherwise they will overlap! I was disappointed, because every time I hear it's so easy to create GUIs with .NET. :-( Just my 2 cents!
Pucea at 2007-7-28 17:10:05 >
