Do some research. If you want a native app written in Java it can be done. Check out GCC and you will find that it compiles Java just fine.
For most purposes, however, Java in bytecode format runs just fine. Used in companies around the world. In those cases that you need native speed, compile it to native code, enough said.
Well I just played with Eclipse and I must say, as an IDE goes, it is not very impressive. Seems to be build more for the Windows Developer than anyone else. And while that may be the "norm" of the script kiddies out there, I would rather see an editor more designed for the serious developer.
Must also say that SWT looks HORRIBLE. I would rather put up with a slight lag in the gui than put up with something that is going to ruin my vision!
Swing is only slow when the developer can't code. If you are using an IDE to build your gui for you it is going to be slow. Learn the language, write you gui by hand and learn how to make it perform. I write Swing GUIs on a daily basis that are quite fast. Would I say they perform as fast as native? Depends on the platform. Linux? yes, OSX? yes, Windows? hell no. Is that the language's fault? probably not.
What I am saying here is dont fault the API when you are running windows. My bet is on the problem being in the OS.
If you want to see a real gui, written in Swing, that runs quite nicely on every platform try out Netbeans I think you will be quite surprised and pleased. I know I was.
Of course if you want to do some serious coding then you need to learn VIM, there is a true editor. Definitely not for the script kiddies.
As I was attempting to purchase 2 of these suckers at $129.00, the websight lagged horribly, then my shopping cart emptied out.
Went back to select the cards again and BOOM $399.00.
Guess they caught their error. Now to see if those who ordered it at $129.00 actually get it.
One feature which I wish KDE would implement is varying border types. Enlightenment and somewhat sawfish (under Gnome) handle this well. Enlightenment does it the best and Sawfish does a passing job.
As a developer having the ability to roll windows up , down, left and right gives me quite a bit of flexability that I would not otherwise have.
One of the main reasons I am using Gnome over KDE right now is due to this feature. Of course if Enlightenment would ever get their 0.17 complete....
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Do some research. If you want a native app written in Java it can be done. Check out GCC and you will find that it compiles Java just fine.
For most purposes, however, Java in bytecode format runs just fine. Used in companies around the world. In those cases that you need native speed, compile it to native code, enough said.
Well I just played with Eclipse and I must say, as an IDE goes, it is not very impressive. Seems to be build more for the Windows Developer than anyone else. And while that may be the "norm" of the script kiddies out there, I would rather see an editor more designed for the serious developer.
Must also say that SWT looks HORRIBLE. I would rather put up with a slight lag in the gui than put up with something that is going to ruin my vision!
Swing is only slow when the developer can't code. If you are using an IDE to build your gui for you it is going to be slow. Learn the language, write you gui by hand and learn how to make it perform. I write Swing GUIs on a daily basis that are quite fast. Would I say they perform as fast as native? Depends on the platform. Linux? yes, OSX? yes, Windows? hell no. Is that the language's fault? probably not.
What I am saying here is dont fault the API when you are running windows. My bet is on the problem being in the OS.
If you want to see a real gui, written in Swing, that runs quite nicely on every platform try out Netbeans I think you will be quite surprised and pleased. I know I was.
Of course if you want to do some serious coding then you need to learn VIM, there is a true editor. Definitely not for the script kiddies.
As I was attempting to purchase 2 of these suckers at $129.00, the websight lagged horribly, then my shopping cart emptied out. Went back to select the cards again and BOOM $399.00. Guess they caught their error. Now to see if those who ordered it at $129.00 actually get it.
One feature which I wish KDE would implement is varying border types. Enlightenment and somewhat sawfish (under Gnome) handle this well. Enlightenment does it the best and Sawfish does a passing job. As a developer having the ability to roll windows up , down, left and right gives me quite a bit of flexability that I would not otherwise have. One of the main reasons I am using Gnome over KDE right now is due to this feature. Of course if Enlightenment would ever get their 0.17 complete....