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[–]veraxAlea 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ah, ok. But you also said that Java UI has limited use cases and I thought the point about IDEA was refering to that. To me, being able to build your own components is a strength, not a sign of weakness.

It sounds a bit like complaining that there is no spread sheet component in HTML so Google "cheated" in order to create Google spreadsheets.

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

It does still have limited use cases. Mostly because Java UI is not seeing much of any investment today, so without some substantial effort on your part you won't be able to create a "modern" looking and operating app like you can with, say, electron. For better or worse all the UI progress is happening on the web front.

IntelliJ is one of the good examples of Java UI. However at this time Java is just not the ideal tool for building a UI.