[prog] Java Swing

[Dan Richter]

>Has anybody used Java Swing, and if so what do you think about it?

I have some familiarity with Swing. My wife likes it a lot. You can create 
a very nice interface in a short time, and of course it's 
platform-independent. It's pretty heavy, though (takes a lot of processor 
time and memory).

>Is there a book that you would recomend on Swing.

I can't recommend any.

>   I am considering it for use with Soem
>Graphics programming, and I would be using Java 3D.  (Assuming I can get them
>to work together!)

You might also consider gl4java:
    http://www.jausoft.com/gl4java.html
My wife has used it a good amount, and she likes it. It's a straight port 
of OpenGL, so of course it's best for people that have already used OpenGL.

There's also a JavaGL, but I don't know enough to say if it's any good.

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