> Hello, > > Do you know of a good pointer that goes beyond the "don't use it" argument, > and really makes a thorough comparison of pros and cons of the 2 frameworks > ? >
I'm not saying don't use Swing, I'm saying prefer Jambi. My memory of Swing is dated so I'd have trouble making a thorough comparison but I can provide an outline. In favour of Swing: - No extra dependencies - No license restriction (Qt 4.4 requires you to buy a commercial license if you don't want to opensource your app, won't be true anymore with Qt 4.5) - De facto standard - Instantly cross-platform (Jambi requires you to package a different jar for each platform) In favour of Qt: - Great GUI builder (optional of course but you should give it a try, it's powerful and doesn't get in your way) - Cross-language (you can easily use the same GUI in C++, Python, Java, Ruby, Perl, and a few others with minimal porting efforts - Signals and slots, great way to manage events, objects emits signal which you connect to slots. Often you just have to connect them together with no extra code. If I want to implement a backbutton to work with a QWebview, I just have to connect the clicked signal from the button to the back slot from the web view (one liner). - Encourages separation of your GUI and logic (very easy to change your GUI without impeding the rest of your program) - Better layout (this is subjective but I was fighting all the time with Swing's and not Qt's) - Better organisation (subjective again but I find it much easier to find my way around Qt) That's all I can think of at the moment. Overall, I don't think Swing is terrible toolkit but Qt definitly feels a lot better to me. You can check this blog post to have an overview on how to use it in clojure: http://briancarper.net/2008/10/31/qt4-in-lisp/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
