[CALUG] fedora java: eclipse and netbeans

[Jim Sansing]

I've never worked with Netbeans, but you can go to
http://marketplace.eclipse.org/ and set the following search fields:
- designer
- UI
- Tools

You might find what you're looking for, but there is a chance that you
won't.  There are some FOSS plugins but it seems that the best ones are
commercial (I don't know what the prices are).  After that, it's on to
Google.

You also have to choose between Swing and SWT/JFace.  Having built UIs
with both (manually ;-), I don't have a development preference for
either.  However, distribution of SWT/JFace is a pain.

As a side note, the Android Eclipse plugin includes a designer, and in
my limited experience, it is the best.  It is fairly intuitive, allows
you to directly edit the XML files, and I have never had it crash or
turn my code into goulash.

Later . . .   Jim


Walt Smith wrote:
> hi,
>
> looking for an opinion.
>
> problem:
> Is there an eclipse component gui designer?
> Recommended "plugin" (I guess is the right name? ).
> Can a netbeans "composer" output code be used easily
> in eclipse ?  I see there is a "netbeansSE" edition with
> some "Swing GUI builder" that looks promising.  
>
>
> setup:
> I've been learning java using eclipse on Fedora 12.
> It works pretty good after a learning curve.
>
> I want to do the inevitable student thing:
> make a user gui.
>
> OK, I already did that, sorta.  I made a frame, added a
> couple panels with buttons, radio buttons and list etc.
> First stages.  I added a basic event listener to one set 
> of buttons.
>
> ****
> I really don't want to program details of margins around 
> buttons etc...  so some designer to let me do that and 
> focus on other technicals is a good thing ..
>
> Walt.......
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