The Swing Application Framework will not make it into Java 7, though a number of forks have subsequently sprung up to continue its development. Plans for another much requested feature, CSS-based ...

The evolution of Java desktop technology is straightforward and distinct from web UI development, which has seen much more advancement and the introduction of many new frameworks. Let's take a deep ...

However, Jsweet does not fully emulate Java. Existing Java applications may have to be modified in some measure, in particular those which use Java-specific APIs such as Swing for the user interface.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3-compliant application components implement a JMS interface automatically, which makes integration with this console especially easy.

One of the improvements in JavaFX with JavaFX 2.0 has been greater ease of interoperability with Swing and SWT . Several online resources document how this is done.