Can we develop very good looking UI in swing and if not what are alternatives

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Shekhar picture Shekhar · May 28, 2010 · Viewed 16.9k times · Source

In my current project we have to develop a good looking desktop based application in java.

Currently, we have a very basic desktop application written in swing and team does not have good swing knowledge. Can we create a very good looking UI in swing?

Should we use JavaFX for creating the desktop application?

What are other alternatives to do this?

Answer

Jesper picture Jesper · May 28, 2010

Swing is very flexible with regards to look-and-feel and you can certainly make very good looking applications with Swing.

I recommend the book Filthy Rich Clients by Chet Haase and Romain Guy if you want to learn how to make nice Swing GUI applications.

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