The key difference between Swing vs. JavaFX is that JavaFX is an actively maintained Java project that supports the development of modern, feature-rich GUI applications, while Swing is an older ...

His latest books are Java Collections (Apress, 2001), Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2 (Apress, 2000), and Mastering Java 1.4 (Sybex, 2002). He’s also the author of Borland’s JBuilder ...

The best way to teach the concept of Java user input to new software developers is to show them how to use the highly visual and user-friendly JOptionPane class from the Swing package. With one simple ...