JavaFX for mobile has no Swing in it. JavaFX for desktop uses parts of Swing and Java2D today, but it won't always. JavaFX running on the next gen graphics stack will have no AWT or Swing in it at all.
However, Swing will always be supported because it's part of core Java and the JRE. That won't ever change. On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Steven Herod > <steven.he...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If Sun does eventually drop or depreciate Swing in favour of JavaFX, >> then SWT may be the only way to do desktop apps in Java in the >> future. (And thats entirely supposition on my part) > > Doesn't JavaFX use swing behind the scenes anyway? > If this is the case then swing will continue to advance as a library > usable by native Java > (though it may take more boilerplate to duplicate certain aspects of > FX behaviour) > > Of course, there's always AWT/RCP if you don't mind a bit of eclipse > lock-in. > > >> As far as the native vs other look, it depends on the app and the >> environment >> >> Sure MP3 players, twitter clients and other stuff can get away with >> being unique (ala flex), but LOB apps need to look native and perform >> well, so I think SWT is a no brainer. >> >> My recollections are hazy, but I think we may have forgotten the time >> of when swing was 'the future', it was a different environment to >> now, >> and I seem to recall there was enough confidence to think the cross >> platform would win the war. >> >> Similar noises are being made now, we'll see if its truer now than it >> was in 1998. >> >> As far as Webstart issues are concerned with SWT I feel any serious >> app is going to need to use a Windows Installer package and not >> WebStart. ( I speak from being on a project that was firmly bitten on >> the butt deploying a 70MB app over webstart over the net.) >> >> Anyway, enough rambling. >> >> On Nov 2, 1:26 am, "a.efremov" <a.efre...@javasmith.org> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> How you feel about SWT and its future in enterprise java on desktop? >>> SWT application has native look and feel and integrates seamlessly >>> with user's environment. I mean compared to as Swing application >>> does. >>> >>> will be glad to hear your feedbacks. >>> >>> alexander >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
