[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Using SWT/JFace to build Fat-Client App

["David J. Orme" <daveo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark wrote:
> I don't know if I am posting to the right newsgroup or not.  If not,
> please ignore this message.

I think this message is fine, but for technical questions about using 
SWT and JFace, this is the correct place for SWT and eclipse.platform is 
the correct place for JFace.  :-)

> So my first question is, is there any commercial quality SWT/JFace UI
> builder available?

The short answer is, "not yet."  The list of GUI builders under 
development is available on the Eclipse Wiki at:

http://eclipsewiki.swiki.net/145

> Secondly, for building fat-client application, is
> SWT/JFace the right choice or choose we just go straight to Swing(I know
> this last question is highly debatable)?

I think that most people on this newsgroup feel that SWT and JFace are a 
better choice than Swing.  ;-)

If you want a good set of links to get started learning SWT and JFace, 
(in addition to the excellent articles on Eclipse.org), you might want 
to check out our SWT/JFace links page at http://www.swtworkbench.com. 
The direct address is:

http://www.swtworkbench.com/community/bin/index.cgi?action=links&cat=swt


Good luck!


Regards,

Dave
--
Dave Orme
Advanced Systems Concepts
http://www.swtworkbench.com