The key difference between Swing vs. JavaFX is that JavaFX is an actively maintained Java project that supports the development of modern, feature-rich GUI applications, while Swing is an older ...

Thirty years ago, Java 1.0 revolutionized software development. Every Java demo featured a simple "Hello World" dialog window with the only available option: Java's Abstract Window Toolkit, the first ...

Since its inception in JDK 1.2, the maturing Swing toolkit has become an attractive alternative to thin-client presentation technologies such as JavaServer Pages (JSP), JavaScript, and HTML. Swing ...

A potpourri of Java client application technologies were on the agenda at the Desktop Matters conference in San Jose, Calif., where the desktop received top billing over the Web. Dominating the ...