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Guys , please tell me - which java graphic (which make you able to work with winforms) library should be studied at first?
I started with SWT , but that i heared that it isn't "standart"......
thanks in advance for help.
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Jump to PostThe standard Java GUI library is called "Swing", which is built on, and still uses many classes from, an earlier version called "AWT". Swing classes have names that begin with a J, as in JFrame, JLabel, JButton etc. Swing GUIs are portable across all platforms where Java runs.
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The standard Java GUI library is called "Swing", which is built on, and still uses many classes from, an earlier version called "AWT". Swing classes have names that begin with a J, as in JFrame, JLabel, JButton etc. Swing GUIs are portable across all platforms where Java runs.
SWT was developed (by IBM I believe) to work directly with the Windows APIs, so it gives a perfect Windows look & feel. Howver, for the same reason, it's not portable across platforms.
If you are learning Java then Swing is the standard.
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