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Java / Swing vs IUP
When comparing Java / Swing vs IUP, the Slant community recommends IUP for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” IUP is ranked 14th while Java / Swing is ranked 16th.
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Pros
Pro Part of Java
Swing is part of the Java API.
Pro Very good and powerful API
E.g. separate models.
Pro Powerful controls
E.g. JTable which works fine on every platform with very large row counts, e.g. 100.000+.
Pro Several look and feels available
Pro Easy to use
Drag and drop utility.
Pro Lightweight library and simple C interface
Pro Native controls on each supported OS
Pro Just UI
Easier to mix with other libraries since it doesn't try to control all that.
Pro Free/gratis
Pro MIT license
Pro Supports embedded OpenGL
Cons
Con Only for JRE-based languages
Con Bugfixes rely on Oracle
Con No real native look
Though the importance of the native look seems to have dropped the last years by the raise of in-browser-applications.
However, you can achieve native look and feel using UIManager.systemLookAndFeelClassName.
Con Severely deprecated
The system is ancient and Oracle has dropped support for it in favor of JavaFX