Re: Using Cayenne with a GUI Builder

From: Marek Wawrzyczny (marek_wawrzyczn..nternode.on.net)
Date: Wed Feb 08 2006 - 20:38:00 EST

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    Make sure to use version 5. Nonetheless... GUI design in Java will always be
    "weak" when compared to something like Qt... it's a consequence of the
    AWT/Swing API, it is just plain ugly :)

    On Thursday 09 February 2006 07:55, Gentry, Michael (Contractor) wrote:
    > I downloaded NetBeans and played with the GUI builder for about 15
    > minutes (I know, not a lot of time). It reminded me *A LOT* of an
    > X-Windows GUI builder I used in the early 1990s (so much for progress?).
    > It's probably usable (that's all I'd say about the X-Windows one), but I
    > don't know how well it refactors/scales/etc. It certainly isn't an
    > InterfaceBuilder. :-)
    >
    > Ah well...
    >
    > /dev/mrg
    >
    > PS. I still think I like Eclipse as a better overall editor. I didn't
    > play with the NetBeans profiler, either.
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:andru..bjectstyle.org]
    > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:24 PM
    > To: cayenne-use..bjectstyle.org
    > Subject: Re: Using Cayenne with a GUI Builder
    >
    >
    > I wanted to evaluate NetBeans GUI builder for some time. Just waiting
    > for a good project to come up. If you have any positive/negative
    > experience with it (including integration with Cayenne), please share.
    >
    > Andrus
    >
    > On Feb 8, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Bruce Alspaugh wrote:
    > > I hope this is not too far off topic. I'm a new user wondering
    > > what people's experiences have been using a GUI builder with
    > > Cayenne DataView/Swing components. Which GUI builder did you use,
    > > and how well did they work together? I'm trying to find a Swing
    > > GUI builder that would work well with Cayenne.
    > >
    > > The new Matisse GUI builder in NetBeans 5.0 looks nice
    > > (www.netbeans.org), and it's hard to argue with the price: free.
    > > Of course, there are many other GUI builders that might work better
    > > with Cayenne.
    > >
    > > Bruce

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