IDE for Swing [closed]

Answer 1

Try Instantiations' Windows Builder Pro. It includes Swing Designer, which is a Swing UI builder. It is based on Eclipse.

Answer 2

The latest version of NetBeans include a very nice and simple visual editor for Swing called Matisse

Matisse

Answer 3

I have always coded my UIs by hand. The frustration of dealing with screen builders and filling out all those property sheets is too much for me. After a couple of screens and a little research I am just as productive.

Answer 4

Netbeans has some GUI-building support, and it's one of the most popular Java IDEs on the market. Give it a look.

Answer 5

Of course you should use NetBeans for building a Java Swing GUI. The drag and drop features and auto-code generation are quite mature.

For Eclipse, I am not sure. But because IBM has its own SWT package for GUI, I am not sure whether it support Swing.

Answer 6

I personally will suggest NetBeans Swing Builder. Yet, if you want total control and to gain an in-depth understanding of the Swing framework, I have noticed doing it free hand is the ultimate choice.