SWT

SWT was developed by the Eclipse project to provide a rich native widgets feel for Java applications. SWT provides an alternative to AWT and Swing.

The aim of SWT is to be faster and lighter than Swing. It uses JNI to access native GUI components as opposed to Swing's extensive use of lightweight, non-native components.

• http://www.eclipse.org/swt/
• SWT FAQ
• http://rswt.sourceforge.net/
• http://xswt.sourceforge.net/
• http://swtswing.sourceforge.net/

Articles

• (May 2005) SWT and JFace, Part 1: A gentle introduction
• (Jun 2003) Deploy an SWT application using Java Web Start - Develop great-looking client-side Java applications.
• (Jun 2003) Integrate ActiveX controls into SWT applications - How to use ActiveX with Eclipse.
• (Jan 2003) Using JFace and SWT in stand-alone mode - Building a simple file explorer application.
• (May 2002) Understanding Layouts in SWT - How to work with standard layouts, and write your own custom layout class.
• (Mar 2001) SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit - PART 1: Implementation Strategy for Java™ Natives.

Books

• SWT: A Developer's Notebook
• The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace

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