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Santiago
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 Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:34 pm Post subject: newcomer question: C++ Builder VCL equivalent in JBuilder? |
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Hello there:
I am a newcomer to JBuilder java development. I would much appreciate help
with the following question:
Does JBuilder have an equivalent visual componenet tools to 'C++ Builder
VCLs'?
Also, any suggestions on a advanced free Java GUI builder product?
Thanks much, have a great day!
Santiago
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Rich Wagner
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: newcomer question: C++ Builder VCL equivalent in JBuilde |
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"Santiago" <kk (AT) ss (DOT) com> wrote in news:3f5641ee$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com:
| Quote: | Hello there:
I am a newcomer to JBuilder java development. I would much appreciate
help with the following question:
Does JBuilder have an equivalent visual componenet tools to 'C++
Builder VCLs'?
Also, any suggestions on a advanced free Java GUI builder product?
Thanks much, have a great day!
Santiago
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The standard JDKs (Java Development Kits) produced by Sun, and used by
JBuilder, include extensive sets of components. In particular, the Swing
component set is the most robust and feature rich. It also has a
significant selling point: support for cross-platform GUIs. The Swing
component set is based on the "JavaBeans" specification, which defines
how visual components interact with each other (e.g. in parent/child
component hierarchies), as well as how JavaBeans interact in a standard
way with GUI builders like JBuilder's. (By the way, JavaBeans do not in
fact need to be limited to visual GUI components. There's also a
standard for Enterprise Java Beans, but that's actually something quite
different.)
All editions of JBuilder include the "Designer", which is JBuilder's GUI
builder. Although the Developer and Enterprise editions of JBuilder are
far from free, the CD for the Personal edition is only $10, and very very
worth it, in my opinion. I have years of experience building Java GUIs,
many of which (alas) using Visual Cafe, and JBuilder's Designer is much
better - much more stable in particular.
(I haven't exactly been motivated to find the definitive answer, but I
think after Cafe was sold from Symantec to WebGain, and then sold once
again to some other company which doesn't seem very interested in
carrying it forward... Well, let's just say if Cafe isn't dead, it looks
to me to be dying...)
Here are some links to help you get started.
http://java.sun.com/beans/
JavaBeans
http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/
Swing is actually part of "JFC: Java Foundation Classes"
http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/personal/index.html
JBuilder Personal
One more comment. You may be interested in the "BDK" (Bean Development
Kit) that you can find off the JavaBeans web site. Although technically
that's a Java GUI Builder, it is NOT recommended for real use in
developing applications. Mostly it's a very watered-down version of a
sample GUI builder: the intent is to illustrate (e.g. via the available
source code) how to START actually writing a GUI builder that supports
JavaBeans. It might also be helpful in first understanding the JavaBeans
concepts.
Beyond that though, skip the BDK and go with JBuilder's Designer (or
similar, commercial-quality Java GUI Builder) if you want to build
anything real...
Hope this helps !
Rich Wagner
Senior Software Engineer
Digital Document Delivery
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
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