Re: Qt vs Java Swing

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:36:31 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.gui
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I have worked with Swing for 3 years and have found it plenty fast for our
client application. If you are willing to learn Swing, rather than trying
to use it like MFC or another U.I. class library, then speed should not be
an issue. Swing was not hard for me to learn but your mileage may vari.
Because swing is built into the Java plugin (1.3 and above) we did not have
an issue of compatability with newer versions of Java or having to include
any other Jar files, etc. This was a big plus.
Just my 2-cents,
Todd Blackley
"John Woods" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
news:dl9fa.9316$email-address-deleted...
> I'm just starting to develop a user interface and have to decide between
> using Swing or Qt. The UI must run under Linux and Windows so both are
> viable solutions. From what I've heard, Swing is hard to learn, slow and
> doesn't look and feel like native widgets. Qt on the other hand seems to
be
> ideally suited for gui development - easier than MFC and JSwing to learn
and
> runs native under Win & Linux. Since most of you are using Swing & AWT
I'd
> be interested in hearing your opinion.
>
>