Posted by ul on Dec 06, 2013; 9:20am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Jogl-and-JavaFX-tp4030720p4030794.html

Well, I didn't think Swing would go away overnight really. But since Oracle is presenting JavaFX as "the next step in the evolution of Java" and I'm starting a new fresh project, JavaFX would be my preferred GUI technology. Too bad only that Oracle didn't build in OpenGL support right from the start.

If I recall correctly SWT was introduced because AWT didn't cut it. AWT was in fact quite crappy for a long time and it was first when faced with the SWT competition Sun got their act together and started improving on AWT. This has influenced my thinking but it's ancient history now and I'm starting to believe that Swing/AWT of today may be the better option after all.

Anyway now I've something to think about until Java 8 arrives when I must've made my mind up. Things may have changed by then but since JavaFX doesn't seem to be a viable option I may decide to stick with C++ after all (there I have Qt and G3D which seems like a good combo).

Again thanks for your replies.