IDE for Swing [closed]

Answer 1

I like the Swing GUI Builder from the NetBeans IDE.

Answer 2

I'm a big fan of JetBrains, and when it comes to Java, IntelliJ is the best IDE I have used.

For Swing, they have a fully interactive UI builder. And, for actual coding, their intellisense can't be beat.

Answer 3

window builder pro is good option and it is free also.

Answer 4

There are two that you can use (I've used them both, and they are both very powerful, and easy to use):

• NetBeans which has a built in GUI Builder.

Or you can use:

• Eclipse with the Windowbuilder plugin
  • (it can be downloaded here and here)

Personally, I prefer Eclipse with Windowbuilder, but that's just me. You can use either one.

Here is a picture of the Windowbuilder plugin:

And here is a picture of NetBeans' built in GUI Builder:

Answer 5

I have switched between several IDEs and the one that I believe has the best GUI builder in terms of use and performance would have to be NetBeans.

Answer 6

I have tried a few and the closest I have found that comes close to Visual Studio is NetBeans. Version 6.5 is excellent and really improved over version 5.