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 ...

The output of running this simple Java Swing application with embedded JavaFX Scene is shown next. Integrating SWT with JavaFX is arguably even easier and is demonstrated in the next code listing.

It's clear that JavaFX, not Swing, is now the preferred choice for modern user interface development. As we begin 2025, a check on the current state of the Java-world ecosystem shows how JavaFX has ...

Java has long since lost to Flash for client-side Web development for similar reasons. JavaFX was an important part of Sun's strategy for fighting back and restoring Java's client-side relevance ...

Capabilities for Android are similar. Developers of cross-platform applications only need to understand Java and the JavaFX framework, then GraalVM takes care of the compilation phase. The OpenJFX ...

OK, so recall my note from last month on Sun's de-funding of SwingX , and how this indicates the ascendancy of JavaFX as Java's preferred UI. Well, this gets elaborated in a much more interesting ...