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10 | 25 | |
189 | 3,061 | |
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9.4 | 9.3 | |
8 days ago | 4 days ago | |
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GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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SnapKit
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Show HN: SnapCode – a real Java IDE in the browser
SnapCode is actually using SnapKit (https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit) which can run on either WebAPI/DOM (in browser) or Swing (desktop). In the browser this helps slim the download and improve performance by using more browser native code.
For pricing, SnapCode is free for individual use and will remain so. Perhaps there will be funding opportunities from large organizations or for embedding use cases to help provide for the continued health of the product and community.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
The new kid on the block is SnapKit: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What’s the cool app framework and UI i should be using ?
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Ask HN: Tips for modern Java Swing development?
Theres a bit more to it than that, since you want resetUI to update all of your components without triggering respondUI(). And you want all your components to be automatically configured to call respondUI() when there is user interaction.
I’ve written one of these before, but I don’t have access to a public version anymore. I do all my current UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem:
https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
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Ask HN: Why isn't GWT or Vaadin more popular among Java developers?
I use SnapKit to do Java desktop development which compiles easily to JavaScript using TeaVM. SnapKit is both modern and conventional, a good middle ground between Swing and JavaFX. But most importantly, it combines the traditional win of desktop Java UI dev with the ease of web deployment.
SnapKit:
- Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
- Why did Java lose UIs to HTML/JS?
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Ask HN: Who Wants to Collaborate?
Repo: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What's the future of Java UI development?
FlatLaf
- online chess game made in Java
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Win32 App Isolation
JVM UI isn't so bad. I've written some pretty modern looking UI with it. The sophisticated controls are all there.
Modern JavaFX theme: https://github.com/mkpaz/atlantafx
Modern Swing theme: https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf
And these days Compose Multiplatform: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose-multiplatform/
I tend to use Kotlin rather than Java but of course Java is perfectly fine too. You can also use Clojure.
If you use any of those frameworks you can distribute to Win/Mac/Linux in one command with Conveyor. It's free for open source apps and can do self-signing for Windows if you don't want to pay for the certificates or the Store (but the Store is super cheap these days, $19 one off payment for an individual). Also supports Electron and Flutter if you want to use those.
From those frameworks you can then access whatever parts of the Windows API you want. Flutter even has WinRT bindings these days! So it's not quite so bad.
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FlatLaf 3.1 (and 3.0) - Swing Look and Feel
FlatLaf, a modern open-source cross-platform Look and Feel for Java Swing desktop applications, brings exciting new features in versions 3.0 and 3.1 🎉 😀
- Is it easy to pick up javafx?
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An Intellij IDEA plugin to inspect Swing components at runtime
Here’s the link to the “extras” subproject, and there you’ll find a section on the “UI Inspector” tool.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
Swing with FlatLaf - https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf
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Show HN: Sierra, a DSL for building Java Swing applications
Take a look at FlatLAF:
https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf
They have done a great job bringing a modern appearance to the Swing components.
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How to create custom theme in Netbeans? Not just dark or light theme, but my own.
Creating your own Look and Feel is a huge task (just look at the size of e.g. the FlatLaf code.
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JOSM: working preferences.xml for big fonts at all places
I too find it a bit frustrating at HiDPI. Best I've come up with is to use https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf
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Should programmers avoid drag and drop GUI builders?
And as far as Swing's aesthetics, I only agree with the sentiment that 'it's ugly' if a custom LAF isn't used, like one from flatlaf.
What are some alternatives?
teavm - Compiles Java bytecode to JavaScript, WebAssembly and C
weblaf - WebLaF is a fully open-source Look & Feel and component library written in pure Java for cross-platform desktop Swing applications.
ubikom - Free, secure communications for everyone, powered by decentralized private identity.
Windows UI Library - Windows UI Library: the latest Windows 10 native controls and Fluent styles for your applications
compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.
darklaf - Darklaf - A themeable swing Look and Feel based on Darcula-Laf
cljfx - Declarative, functional and extensible wrapper of JavaFX inspired by better parts of react and re-frame
kotlin-native-gtk - GTK+ bindings for Kotlin Native
Tokamak - SwiftUI-compatible framework for building browser apps with WebAssembly and native apps for other platforms
radiance - Building modern, elegant and fast Swing applications
tornadofx2 - TornadoFX 2.0
tornadofx - Lightweight JavaFX Framework for Kotlin