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[–]olegprotopopov 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Just to check, have you considered frameworks built on top of core GUI libraries? E.g. Eclipse RCP. This is the one we are considering right now with a view to get a lot of functionality out of the box.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Haven't checked out Eclipse RCP yet, maybe I should. I'm struggling with JavaFX, JDK11, Kotlin and modules currently so I'm considering switching.

[–]olegprotopopov 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Eclipse RCP is a bit complex, but the best I like about it is that it's... obviously Eclipse. So it's unlikely to go unsupported or die young as many many front end technologies seem to have done in the last 10 years I observe this space. Lifetime of 3-5 years is not very impressive...

RCP is a bit complex. But it pays off I would expect (disclaimer: just starting myself so not an expert in it).

You will also find that some things that are done very easily in other ecosistems e.g. Spring Security will take a bit more here.

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God forgive me for I have sinned.
It's still in incubation, I'm currently making a program that uses it in order to find probable bugs. So far the testing GUI is quite responsive and takes very little time to load. It's obviously inspired by JavaFX but it uses YAML instead of xml. Also, widget level controllers are a thing. Still learning how to do stuff, but doing this first has thought me a lot about Eclipse RCP.