A typical Java developer knows that when you need to develop a GUI for a Java
application, Swing is the tool. Eclipse SWT also has a number of followers,
but the majority of people use Java Swing. For the past 10 years, it was a
given that Swing development wouldn't be easy; you have to master working
with the event-dispatch thread, GridBaglayout, and the like. Recently, the
NetBeans team created a nice GUI designer called Matisse, which was also
ported to MyEclipse. Prior to Matisse, JBuilder had the best Swing designer,
but it was too expensive. Now a good designer comes with NetBeans for free.
Why even consider Flex for developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA)?
First, we'll give the short answer. Just look at the code in Listing 1. This
code compiles and runs in th... (more)
In any GUI tool, one of the most popular components is the one that shows
data in a table format like JTable in Java or Datawindow in PowerBuilder. The
Adobe Flex 2 version of such a component is called DataGrid. In any UI
framework, the robustness of such a component depends on formatting and
validating utilities as well as a whole suite of data input controls:
CheckBoxes, ComboBoxes, R... (more)
Browser-based applications are widely used and we like the fact that we can
access them from anywhere. But from the users' perspective, the productivity
level of Web applications still doesn't approximate the productivity of
desktop programs. The good news is the gap is closing: the accumulated
potential of multiple technologies has boosted a whole new breed of
HTML-based apps that are a... (more)
In Part 1 (CFDJ, Vol. 8, issue 10) we introduced the destination-aware grid,
formatters, and renderers. In this article we are continuing our discussion
about datagrid renderers and...
RadioButtonGroupBox as Drop-In Renderer
We can apply similar techniques to RadioButton controls. The following code
snippet suggests how the group of RadioButton controls can be used as a
drop-in item rende... (more)
The publicity that AJAX grabbed over the last half a year is based on closing
the gap between the Web applications and the desktop applications, combining
the "reach" and "rich." At the same time, the gap between the technological
level of AJAX and what corporate developers expect in their modern arsenal is
really astonishing. After all, AJAX is neither a tool nor a platform. There
is no... (more)
Dr. Victor Rasputnis is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for providing architectural design, implementation management and mentoring to companies migrating to XML Internet technologies. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Moscow Institute of Robotics. You can reach him at vrasputnis@faratasystems.com
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