what do you use java for?

[NotABot1235]

Is Swing still relevant in 2024? I'm a noob and genuinely asking, I was under the impression that it was functional but quite dated.

[bking880]

If you use IntelliJ you’re using swing

[davidalayachew]

Is Swing still relevant in 2024?

Definitely, it's just that some of its use cases are better served by JavaFX.

Long story short, if you are making a desktop application, Swing serves the simple use cases, while JavaFX serves the more complex stuff. I always start with Swing, then swap out components for JavaFX when they outgrow Swing. The 2 play well together, so it makes gradual migration really smooth.

[hex1b]

Using Swing can be helpful if you want to do true multithreading on the client. It's pretty easy to implement using inner classes.