Other GUI technologies

By themselves, or as the foundation of an RCP application, Swing and SWT are not the only available base technologies for GUI development. This section reviews other GUI technologies that are related to Java, both open source and commercial. The list is partial and by no means complete.

  1. http://swingwt.sourceforge.net/
  2. Available at: http://www.3plus4.de/swt/
Table 11.5 GUI technologies related to Java

Name

Notes

URL

Remote SWT

Exports the graphic display of a Java SWT application running on one host on a remote host, also transmitting GUI events.

http:

://rswt.sourceforge.net/

Canoo ULC

Execute Java Swing application with domain logic running on the server. Requires a small-footprint client installation.

http:

://www.canoo.com/

Asperon

Combination of Java and XML running in a browser using JVM 1.1.

http:

://www.asperon.com/

Thinlets

Execute in browser using JVM 1.1.

http: home,

: //thinlet.sourceforge.net/ html

XUL

Content in XML, Control and Business Domain in Javascript, for Firefox/Mozilla browsers.

http

://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul

OpenLazlo

XML and Javascript rendered in Flash, standalone client or with server support (J2EE)a.

http

://www.laszlosystems.com/

  1. Despite not using the Java language on the client (as of Version 3.x) OpenLazlo's popularity is growing among Java developers.
  2. Despite not using the Java language on the client (as of Version 3.x) OpenLazlo's popularity is growing among Java developers.

Almost all the products listed in the table are bound to the Web browser, testifying to the enormous interest for empowering Web technology with the power of fully-fledged Java GUIs. The technologies in Table 11.5 that use declarative languages, such as XUL and Thinlets, are discussed later in this chapter.

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