Take a walk on the client side with Qt Jambi -- an alternative to Swing and Java 2D for developing rich, cross-platform desktop-application interfaces.

JavaFX is the modern successor to Swing, and it is ideal for developing new Java desktop applications. It provides a richer UI experience and is actively supported by the Gluon Java client. JavaFX can ...

Developers using the NetBeans 7 IDE can create, mobile, web, enterprise or desktop applications using Java, PHP, JavaScript, Ajax and C/C++.

The Swing components, and the framework Swing provided for GUI-based application development in Java, were well received by the community which used the technology to develop a variety of ...