Qt Jambi is a new and noteworthy alternative to Swing and Java 2D for developing rich, cross-platform desktop-application interfaces. In this article JavaWorld contributor Jeff Hanson introduces the ...

JavaScript APIs are more popular than ever, especially now given the fact that so many organizations are now making their back-end services available through RESTful APIs that can be easily invoked by ...

Presenters at the appropriately named conference in San Jose, Calif. on Thursday afternoon argued that it does. Billed as “The Conference for Java Desktop Application Developers,” the event focuses ...

The rise of the Internet and the Web browser as the universal computing client forced user-interface development and the overall user experience to take a step backwards. Web applications, due to ...

The key difference between Swing vs. JavaFX is that JavaFX is an actively maintained Java project that supports the development of modern, feature-rich GUI applications, while Swing is an older ...

Java remains a powerhouse tool for application development, but developers need to take advantage of new design principles to get the most from their applications. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 ...

Windows/Mac/Linux (all platforms with Java): Desktop application Shape Collage creates customized photo collages with advanced options that will have you creating fun posters in seconds. Using the ...

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