[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: swing

[Jeff Myers <myersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

What do you mean? Are you asking:

1 - Can you develop Swing applications in Eclipse?
2 - Can you visually develop Swing applications in Eclipse?
3 - Can you embed Swing into the Eclipse UI for plug-in development?

Answers:
1 - Yes, you can develop Swing applications just like any other java 
environment.  Simply import javax.swing.*; and you're good to go.
2 - Yes, but you'll have to install the Visual Editor plug-in 
(http://www.eclipse.org/vep/) or some other third-party UI development 
plug-in.
3 - Yes, but it can be tricky.  See this SWT FAQ entry:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/faq.html#swinginswt

Hope this helps,
 - Jeff

Mike wrote:
> can swing be used in Eclipse 3.1?  How do I add that functionality?
>
> Mike