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What is the best GUI builder (plug-in) used within Eclipse IDE?
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| Ulf Meinhardt 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| What is the best GUI builder which can be used with the "normal" Eclipse IDE?
Thus it should not be an independent GUI builder but a plug-in for Eclipse.
Ulf
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Ulf Meinhardt wrote:
> What is the best GUI builder which can be used with the "normal" Eclipse IDE?
> Thus it should not be an independent GUI builder but a plug-in for Eclipse.
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> Ulf
NeatBeans works good. Try Sun Studio its also a good IDE
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"Hiko" <danny.gomez@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ulf Meinhardt wrote:
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> NeatBeans works good. Try Sun Studio its also a good IDE
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NeatBeans? Do you mean NetBeans? NetBeans is a whole separate IDE, NOT an
Eclipse plug-in as the original poster requested. I think Sun Studio is also
a standalone IDE, not a plugin.
I'm afraid I've never used any of the GUI builder plugins for Eclipse so I
can't suggest one directly but you may be able to get a good recommendation
on one of the basic Eclipse forums, like eclipse.platform at
news.eclipse.org. You'll need to register with the Eclipse community but if
you are an Eclipse user, you probably already have....
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Rhino
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| Frank van Schie 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| Hiko wrote:
> Ulf Meinhardt wrote:
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> NeatBeans works good. Try Sun Studio its also a good IDE
Doesn't fit the criteria of being a plug-in for Eclipse, does it?
I've tried Eclipse after losing heart at Netbeans (high memory usage,
buggy wrt checking code in the editor, slower than Homer Simpson with
beer withdrawal), but I do miss the Matisse editor. Not that I am a
major GUI builder, mind, so my demands are simple.
A quick Google search leads me to the Visual Editor Project, listed on
the Eclipse main site:
http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php
It's integrated with Eclipse, near as I can tell.
Whether it's the best, well, try doing a quick Google search for Matisse
vs. Eclipse VE.
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Frank
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| I've used the Visual Editor plugin for eclipse available at:
http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php
Its not the greatest visual GUI builder, but it helps get the job done.
I usually use it to lay a foundation for the GUI and tweak it out
later.
Hope this helps,
Joe
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| ....hmm i 'thought' i replied but i guess not. Anyways the jist of what
i wrote was that I use the Visual Editor plugin for eclipse which is
at:
http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php
I'm not sure if its the 'best' per se, but it gets the job done. I
tend to find myself laying a GUI foundation with it and going back and
tweaking the GUI components later.
Hope this helps,
Joe
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| IchBin 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| Ulf Meinhardt wrote:
> What is the best GUI builder which can be used with the "normal" Eclipse IDE?
> Thus it should not be an independent GUI builder but a plug-in for Eclipse.
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> Ulf
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Naturally you could try Eclipse's VE plugin
http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php
I have not looked at it in a year or so. I'd rather build them myself,
but then that is me. There are two other ones that are nice.
Jigloo GUI Builder, can use for personal use only else get a license.
You can build either SWT or Swing.
http://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo
Also WindowBuilder at Instantiations. You have a trial period for this
one.
http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
http://weconsultants.servebeer.com/JHackerAppManager
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| IchBin 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| IchBin wrote:
> Ulf Meinhardt wrote:
> Naturally you could try Eclipse's VE plugin
> http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php
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> I have not looked at it in a year or so. I'd rather build them myself,
> but then that is me. There are two other ones that are nice.
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> Jigloo GUI Builder, can use for personal use only else get a license.
> You can build either SWT or Swing.
> http://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo
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> Also WindowBuilder at Instantiations. You have a trial period for this one.
> http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/
Forgot to mention that their are a few sites you can go to to find
Eclipse plugins. You can go by category or search. Search for GUI
Builder and you will have a lot of plugins come back at you.
One site is here:
http://eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
http://weconsultants.servebeer.com/JHackerAppManager
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'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)
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| Oliver Wong 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| "IchBin" <weconsul@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> Jigloo GUI Builder, can use for personal use only else get a license. You
> can build either SWT or Swing.
> http://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo
While I haven't used Jigloo myself, I've been given code written by
Jigloo which I am expected to maintain, and I just wanted to say that it's
some of the worse GUI code I've ever seen. FWIW.
- Oliver
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| I have used jigloo. It works fine for my needs. That is the only one
I have tried though. Probably based on your needs though which will be
best.
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| IchBin 2006-05-19, 7:06 pm |
| Oliver Wong wrote:
> "IchBin" <weconsul@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> While I haven't used Jigloo myself, I've been given code written by
> Jigloo which I am expected to maintain, and I just wanted to say that
> it's some of the worse GUI code I've ever seen. FWIW.
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> - Oliver
I think you maybe right. As for the "plop-plop-fize-fize" effect for GUI
programming, it is not bad. Same goes for Netbeans GUI builder.
Personally, I would never build a system using any GUI builder. But some
one was asking so guess they do not know how to put one together.
Boy, take a look at what the Netbeans Matisse GUI Builder gives you...
You have to have a separate jar file just to support that code. That
code is barely changeable. It's neat to watch what they build, thats
about it.
Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA
http://weconsultants.servebeer.com/JHackerAppManager
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