Using Swing

[SDM]

Hi we are thinking of using Swing as a front-end to some APIs that have been developed by a 3rd party company, instead of using JSPs which we have currently developed. As Swing is relatively new, I was wondering if anyone had any experience developing large-scale apps using Swing and what the pros and cons are.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jnicho02]

Firstly, Swing is far older than JSP's as it came in with Java 1.2. There were some initial speed problems which have been largely improved by Java 1.3+.

If you are producing Applets for use by the general public it is often better to use Java 1 (which doesn't include Swing). This is because browsers will need to have a Java 2 add-in loaded to run. Cynics may say that a large software corporation that produces operating systems didn't include Java 2 in its browser on purpose to undermine Java use.

If you are producing applications then Swing is far easier to program than awt. I would advise reading a bit about patterns, especially the Model-View-Controller pattern as this is key to how Swing components work. I have some references on

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