I'm writing an app in Java and swing using Netbeans, and I need property editor (like this). How I can add it to my application?
I really recommend using the NetBeans Platform. It's really simple and well documented rich client platform. Then you can use exactly the same property editor as in NetBeans. Porting from plain Swing applications to NeatBeans RCP is quite simple too.
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We can create Java GUI based application using net-beans IDE and also we can create it using Notepad . Using netbeans or eclipse it is very easy . But I saw every where that every one used notepad. So I just want to know that the best way for create Java GUI application.
Its better preferring some IDE like Netbeans , Eclipse since because, you can consume time in creating the gui by utilizing the features like drag and drop, in-build function support suggestion which proper demonstration of usage and syntax.
If you are developing gui from scratch using notepad, it may takes more time, one developing things in that way should be thorough knowledge in syntax and all other functionalities
The Java Tutorials on Swing are a pretty good resource. If you don't like hand-coding your UI with Java code there are several GUI builders out there where you can lay out your UI visually and just fill in the behaviour in code-behind. E.g. Netbeans has such a thing and there is WindowBuilder for Eclipse.
I've been coding basic UIs in Java manually and using NetBeans, but recently switched to Eclipse Indigo. I use the visual class builder to design SWT user interfaces in Eclipse but found out that it's painfully slow and laggy. It takes about four seconds for a change to be displayed and it's virtually impossible to build complex and large UIs with it effectively. Is this its usual behavior and is this the preferred way of building a Java Swing GUI in Eclipse?
Since Google aquired Instantiations and then donated WindowBuilder to Eclipse foundation it is the preferred free, open source visual GUI editor for Swing, SWT and GWT.
You can also use Jigloo.
Their eclipse update site it, http://cloudgarden.com/update-site
I have used it in windows quite well. But when I use it in mac, most of the time it crash.
But windows builder seems better to me.
I want to create a desktop application, but do not want to use SWING. I have heard about of SWT as alternative to SWING. Any another solutions exists? And what do you recommend to use?
You can build an Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), using SWT and JFace.
What about just AWT in java.util.awt and subpackages? You can use the older equivalents of Swing's components.
i'm new for java how can i add a button or others like Microsoft visual studio?
If you mean that you want a GUI builder, you'd better consider NetBeans with its Matisse. I think it is the most popular now for Swing apps.
This Google search shows a number of GUI builders for Eclipse
Many people prefer building GUI in Swing manually (just writing code) because it is by far not that difficult as in MSVC++ applications.
If you are looking for the Eclipse IDE to help with the development of Java applications, this can be found on eclipse.org.
Though I'm not sure I understood your question correctly.
What you are looking for is Eclipse Visual Editor. However, as pointed out by others, the GUI Builder from NetBeans (formerly known as Matisse) is more popular for Swing development.
Download Netbeans, its visual editor is very good, and will give you a the perfect Swing User Interface. Its also very easy to use.
When making desktop applications, i always do it with Netbeans, if i know the application will be more complicated later, then i do only one or two JFrame classes with Netbeans, and use them in a new project in Eclipse :)
The one that ships with IDEA is nothing more than a GWT project creation tool. Is there a better plugin? Is there a standalone GUI editor for GWT?
To answer your question directly, there is no such thing as a Intellij IDEA GUI WYSIWYG editor for GWT for the moment.
The most popular/feature complete WYSIWYG editor for GWT is Instantiations GWT Designer. It is available only for Eclipse though.
The GWT team also provide a list of tools and libraries.. It seem rather incomplete though as it does not list Ext-GWT and GWT-Ext libraries (the most popular widget libraries).
Be warned however that most WYSIWYG editor only support the basic widgets of GWT. If you have custom widget, you may not be able to use them in the editor.
[Edit] As of August 2010, Instanciation has been acquired Google
I've never used these personally but a few things I've found include:
http://www.gdevelop.com/ (extension to JDeveloper so it might not be appropriate for you if you're using IDEA and not wanting to download and use JDeveloper for your GWT project)
http://code.google.com/p/gwt-html-editor/
You have here a pretty comprehensive list of GWT plugins/editors. Those are geared towards GWT projects creation, and not so much towards GUI.
However, you also have VistaFei (not very active at the moment, but worth checking out). It comes with its own eclipse distribution:
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A visual Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for building AJAX apps based on Google Web Toolkit (GWT) for all AJAX-enabled platforms. Applications are built by "drag & drop" from a Palette on the basis of What You See Is What You Get.
VistaFei is a visual feature-full Java development environment geared towards apps development based on GWT. Applications are developed in Java then compiled and debugged using GWT Compiler and Debugger, and launched to a browser all from within same environment.
Unfortunately, there really isn't one yet. We're going to have to wait until 2016 when Google takes over the world; everything will be so much easier then! ;)