Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:30:08 +0000 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> Cc: Mcclain Looney <mcclain@looneys.net>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best IDE for slow system? Message-ID: <20020221153008.E12971@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202211018590.3914-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu>; from meshko@cs.brandeis.edu on Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:22:10AM -0500 References: <20020221150415.C12971@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202211018590.3914-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu>
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Good points, all of them. I've been trying to decide between learning GTK or Swing to write a simple instrument control program. The only other obstacle (given that I have a basic understanding of Java) is accessing the serial port for instrument control. I'd much rather use Java, but I have to be realistic. I'll have to check out that port for JavaComm. On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:22:10AM -0500, Mikhail Kruk wrote: | > | Generally it is a very bad idea to create Java GUIs with automatic GUI | > | editors. | > | > Hmm. I do know of one example when I used Forte to make a GUI, and then | > ended up completely reorganizing the code, since the generator made a | > lot of assumptions that were untrue or unnecessary. Is that the kind of | > problem you are alluding to? | | Yes, exactly. Also sometimes when you change something in the generated | code the GUI builder refuses to parse it and you are on your own. | Somebody mentioned Visaj and even though I've never tried it the idea of | providing visual editors for real java LayoutManagers sounds right. So I'd | use either that or code it by hand. My experience shows that 90% of simple | dialogs can be done with BorderLayuout in a couple of minutes and when you | get something complicated you just need the GridBagLayout (esp. if it will | be resizable). Face it as I did: you will need to learn how to use | GridBagLayout :) jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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