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
-- - Marek W-- 2b | !2b
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