What frameworks to use for java Desktop applications

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Deepak picture Deepak · Dec 18, 2011 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

I am not familiar with any of the leading frameworks of java but still i managed to develop a desktop application. These days people are talking about spring, strut, hibernate etc.. I want to know how many of kind frameworks exists there and which of them are commonly used for developing a desktop application which involves database as well.

Which of them do you think is a must learn for Desktop application developers. Thanks in advance..

Answer

Dave Newton picture Dave Newton · Dec 18, 2011

None of those are directly related to desktop applications, although Spring can be used just about anywhere, and Hibernate is app-framework-neutral.

The only real desktop framework player these days, IMO, is Griffon.

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