I'm building an app in Java ( using Swing, and no I don't intend to use SWT ) and have a couple "inspector" windows. For reference, I'm a long-time Mac lover/programmer/user and I *like* multi ...

The Java language libraries include a "swing timer," which lets you add a countdown timer on your Java forms. You set up the timer's properties such as the amount of time that passes before a ...

The evolution of Java desktop technology is straightforward and distinct from web UI development, which has seen much more advancement and the introduction of many new frameworks. Let's take a deep ...

However, many in the Java community criticize Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and Swing. Swing doesn’t offer much help in creating a high-level Model-View-Controller (MVC) client architecture.

Swing (and AWT) pioneered the use of MVC in Java. Surprisingly Swing stays one of the most convoluted and counterintuitive MVC frameworks with very little guidance on how to do things right. This ...