quote:Original post by NuffSaid
I'm interested to know how most people design the GUI in Java? Do you use GUI builders like Netbeans, or do you manually code them?
I've been writing GUIs in Java using Layout Managers, specifically BoxLayout, and quite frankly, its never caught on with me. GUI builders I've tried seem to work best when using the NULL layout. Using any other layout in a GUI builder just doesn't seem to work. I'm interested if anyone else feels that layout managers are a pain to use, and if there are any other alternatives?
[edited by - NuffSaid on December 7, 2002 7:50:56 PM]
It depends on what I am doing. If I am writting something more complex I'll use a program like JBuilder (personal edition) and draw GUI like you do in VB, but if it's simple I'll just write the code to use the layout managers myself.
I agree layout managers can be a pain, but I am unaware of any other way to setup a GUI with Java.
Sorry about the double post
[edited by - prh99 on December 13, 2002 10:42:56 PM]