My conclusion are.. Go for Wicket solution if you can (also because I want to hear some experiences with it as a desktop solution) :) The only thing holding you back are if need todo heavy graphics or need to manipulate the desktop somehow (control mouse or keyboard etc)..
The largest issue about going towards a desktop solution with java are that designing the ui really are a pain if you dont use something like mattise, it's even worse that hacking html.. I'll agree on the javaFX thing, although it seems that you really can do some nice looking stuff in it. I havent checked if there are some simple and easy frameworks built around javaFX... afair it's a minus that javaFX uses some scripting language, but thats just me. regards Nino 2009/6/13 Jeremy Thomerson <jer...@wickettraining.com>: > Yeah - I was considering using JRex [1] as an embedded browser, and > basically making a simple Swing app that loads up, starts an embedded > Jetty instance, has a window that loads the homepage of the local app > running within Jetty, and viola - instant desktop app using Wicket! > Probably not as simple as it sounds, but it's a thought. At least I > wouldn't have to worry about cross-browser CSS hacks :) > > I will probably try a full-fledged Swing app using one or more of the > suggestions here... perhaps with Spring Rich Client, which can provide > a lot of the bootstrap code. Glazed lists looks like a definite > must-have. JavaFX looks nice, but I don't think I'm really in to > learning that many new things all on one project. So I'll probably > stay away from JavaFX for this first project, unless someone with > JavaFX experience convinces me otherwise. > > [1] - http://jrex.mozdev.org/index.html > > -- > Jeremy Thomerson > http://www.wickettraining.com > > > > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, nino martinez > wael<nino.martinez.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Jeremy >> >> I'd say either use netbeans (matisse) or something a bit more >> experimental, pack wicket with jetty as a desktop app I considered >> this a couple of times. You could even put in something like >> http://lobobrowser.org/java-browser.jsp.. Might too extreme though:) >> >> >> >> 2009/6/11 Jeremy Thomerson <jer...@wickettraining.com>: >>> I would like to build a nice-looking java desktop application. I hope >>> that isn't an oxymoron :). I have built some desktop apps before - a >>> lot of command line utilities in various languages, and some GUI apps >>> (perl, java, python, php, even vb (yikes!), c# etc...). >>> >>> The question is - what framework do you use for your UI components and >>> layout on a desktop app? I would like to use Java because I'll be >>> most efficient with it and it will work for me on linux machines and >>> others on Windoze, etc.. But when I've built Swing apps in the past, >>> I have hated having to layout everything in the code and I can never >>> make anything aesthetically pleasing. So.... >>> >>> 1 - do you have any recommendations on a good framework for nice >>> looking desktop apps? >>> 2 - any other recommendations for desktop apps in general? >>> 3 - It should be a lightweight, easy install - and I would prefer to >>> stay away from using the Eclipse framework for building the app (I use >>> the IDE but it doesn't need to be something that heavy for the GUI) >>> 4 - I have even thought about building an app that opens a swing >>> window that contains an embedded browser and jetty servlet running the >>> app so that I can use Wicket. Has anyone thought of or done this >>> before? >>> >>> Basically, it's a CRUD application, but containing personal data that >>> the user should not store on someone else's server. I would use an >>> embedded database that stores the data with encryption. >>> >>> Ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Thomerson >>> http://www.wickettraining.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
