do you guys know some java framework that can actually do the same stuff as this?
http://cs.joensuu.fi/jeliot/files/jeliotSimple.html
You can use TimingFramework http://java.net/projects/timingframework if you use Swing/Java2D. The Controls are done in swing and the theater-panel is done in java2D (paintComponent-Methode). See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/index.html for more Infos. If you start a new project use JavaFX.
Ok, so a late response, but just in case anyone comes searching. I would definitely recommend the netbeans visual library.
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I'm developing a desktop application using java + SWT/JFace, which I'm not very familiar. The program need to show some pictures presenting the program's progress like this.
Sorry for my poor English, I'm not sure whether it's suitable to use the word "moving", actually I mean that the diagram is changing like Flash when an event occurs. I'm considering making some flash movies to play, but it seems difficult as I need to add third-party jars and I'm not good at flash. Is there any better way to doing work like this? I need your suggestion.
Thank you and sorry for my poor English again if I made some English mistakes that troubled you :)
You can use java2d and the awt-swt bridge or there is a framework called Timing Framework which works for swt and swing.
probably you need a gif embeded in your window. java cannot paly any animations unless you have series pictures and play them one by one very soon.
I am used to making web pages with animation using JQuery. I am now making a Java Desktop Application using Netbeans and Netbeans' Swing and without any animation it's looking pretty plain and boring.
Are there any resources I can use for a guide to implement animation into my program?
Does anyone have suggestions on what method to use?
Edit: I am not interested in something I'd have to buy.
A good starting point would be Filthy Rich Clients. Both the principles and the framework code may be helpful to you.
If you're looking for a nice look and feel then Substance might be a good way forward. It's not over-the-top animated or anything like that, but it's got a lot of skins and some in particular look very nice.
Many thanks to stemm who pointed me in the right direction.
I decided to use JavaFX (JavaFX 2 to be exact)
Here is some resources I am using:
http://download.oracle.com/javafx/
http://download.oracle.com/javafx/2.0/swing/jfxpub-swing.htm
Which are the Open source 3D render engines for Java?
I suggest jMonkeyEngine, it is great.
jME (jMonkeyEngine) and here are some game demos
Just for rendering, how about Sunflow ?
(source: sourceforge.net)
Also, it should be possible to run other renderers that have commandline
interfaces, like Yafaray or Pixie from Java.
Also, Ogre3D is interesting for real time stuff.
Have a look at the DevMaster 3D Engines Database.
I would recommend Ardor3D, that's the kind of JME number 2, developped by the original authors of JME.
I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of frameworks to give an old desktop application a much needed facelift.
The application has had a long life without anyone giving any attention to its exterior resulting in a monster with an 80s look.
I've just downloaded and tried MyDoggy framework for making windows floatable and dockable. So I'm looking similar for quick and easy fixes that will bring a dead looking application back to life.
I think you don't want to rewrite your app, right? Because it seems as all the other guys think so, suggesting SWT and JavaFX.
To pimp your existing Swing App, take a look at jgoodies.com, the substance look and feel or the swinglabs
Just changing the look and feel and some components might already help to give your application a second youth. Consider for example Violet which is IMO a nice looking application. It uses a custom theme based on the PgsLookAndFeel and some components from L2FProd.com.
You could give Oracle's ADF a try.
If you want to go with the latest and greatest, you could try JavaFX. Bu tof course using good old swing or the more OS agnostic SWT does the trick as well.
There's ofcourse the Eclipse Rich Client Platform or the Netbeans Rich Client Platform.
The title description basically says it all. I'd like to use something that requires a relatively short learning curve since it is my first project and I'd like to spend at least some of it actually writing the code, not just learning how to do it, but also something that has good documentation in a way that some new bleeding edge framework probably wouldn't. Any ideas?
If what you want to do, is actually create a working program with a GUI, and you just want to do that I would recommend looking at the Swing GUI editor in NetBeans, as it is very easy to work with and powerful too.
There is an old demonstration floating around showing how to implement a preference panel like the one in Netscape Navigator (the predecessor to Firefox), but I cannot find it right now.
The Java tutorial trail is here: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/learn/index.html
EDIT: It appears the preference panel demo has been taken offline. You may want to see this demo for NetBeans 6.0 instead: http://www.javalobby.org/eps/matisse-updates/
It's not clear if you mean a desktop or Web GUI.
For a desktop GUI, just use Java's Swing framework. Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing is a starting point for that. Sure it's old but then again so is Swing. You could also try The Java Swing tutorial.
For a Web GUI, start with servlets/JSPs. Try Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) 1.0: A Tutorial.
Swing + MiGLayout ^^
I know you did say you wanted a simple and easy to learn GUI toolkit. #cletus has nailed that answer :)
But if need to look for alternatives and evaluate them before you decide how to write a GUI, check out this list of alternatives to Swing and AWT.
Swing + GroupLayout
I've been posting on these a couple of times.