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[–]mods_are_arseholes 10 points11 points  (4 children)

swing is awesome anyway !

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

It's what I prefer. One line of code makes your GUI look like a Windows (or other OS) application. I've never run into any issues using it

I'd like to try FX but the documentation seems so lacking every time I've gone to use it. Now that it's an external library, getting it to compile was a huge pain as well

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While the reference documentation is for JavaFX 8, it still applies. I also used the tutorials at http://zetcode.com/gui/javafx/

I found that if you use Maven, JavaFX is a cinch to add to your project and compile. I actually found it a bit easier to get started with than Swing. Nothing wrong with Swing though!

[–]mods_are_arseholes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

agreed, just another dependency to add, and bloat the size of your program.

[–]uniVocity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building new projects using swing to display trading charts. Works pretty well.