Ask HN: Tips for modern Java Swing development?
I'm writing some utilities with Java Swing (I'm a Java dev working in a Java shop). Been away from it a while - what is the best app framework? I have settled on flat laf (https://www.formdev.com/flatlaf) but what about MVC/app support? I found Griffon. Anything else?
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I think the biggest flaw of Swing is that it didn’t provide or promote a standard ‘Controller’ class. I have seen tons of Swing code over the years that is a spaghetti code mess of UI creation, initialization, updating and responding.
So my big tip is to create a SwingController base class for any of your UI panes with the following methods:
I’ve written one of these before, but I don’t have access to a public version anymore. I do all my current UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem:
https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
So my big tip is to create a SwingController base class for any of your UI panes with the following methods:
- JComponent createUI();
- void initUI();
- void resetUI();
- void respondUI(Event anEvent);
I’ve written one of these before, but I don’t have access to a public version anymore. I do all my current UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem:
https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
Also I used ReportMill before at a prev job - very good software!
Wow - nice to hear and thanks for the compliment!
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Thank you! I will read through this