Swing hacks
by Joshua Marinacci, Chris Adamson · first published 2005
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Only the people that are too lazy to actually learn how to do it properly, "Filthy Rich Clients" by the nowadays Android UI architects http://filthyrichclients.org/ "Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs" by Joshua Marinacci, well know in the UI research community https://www.amazon.de/dp/0596009070 And then commercial libraries like http://www.jgoodies.com/
on “Java Is Underhyped” ↗If you want to know learn how to implement not-so-out-of-the-box GUI elements, I will suggest a book called Swing Hacks. If you want advanced controls, plus some nice animations, try Filthy Rich Clients. Both books are for the Java Swing library.
on “Ask HN: Book recommendations for GUI development” ↗…needs to have the taste and knowledge how to make into reality the wishes of a designer, or be a designer themselves. On Swing's case taking the effort of reading books like "Filthy Rich Clients" and "Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs". http://filthyrichclients.org/ https://joshondesign.com/c/writings And be aware of cool 3rd party components like http://www.jgoodies.com/ The biggest problem with…
on “A Preview of C# 8 [video]” ↗Because developers don't bother to read books like "Filthy Rich Clients" and "Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs", or aren't even aware they exist. http://filthyrichclients.org/ https://joshondesign.com/c/writings Don't use library components like JGoodies, http://www.jgoodies.com/…
on “Java 11 released” ↗Funny you mention that. I co-wrote Swing Hacks for O’Reilly in 2005 and I still get about 50$ A year in royalties. So someone must still be writing Swing Apps.
on “The decline and fall of Java on the desktop” ↗