[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: GUI builder for new projects

["Paul A. Rubin" <rubin@xxxxxxx>]

ns_dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What would be the appropriate project or package to use for building new 
> data-collection java applications with very simple gui requirements (a 
> couple of buttons, a small menu, and a scrolling textbox to display 
> data).
>
> I see several different packages out there, but nothing that describes 
> which one might be appropriate for different situations.
>
> I have no java gui code to reuse, just lots of webapp processing code.  
> My gui experience is in Visual Basic 6, and I like the way it works, if 
> that influences the recommendations.

<heresy>NetBeans contains a pretty good GUI builder (Matisse).</heresy>