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Java Build a JavaFX Application Graphical User Interfaces History Lesson

valeria cravea
valeria cravea
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Posted by valeria cravea
valeria cravea
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JAVA GUI SWT ? is before JAVAFX or after Which is better? Why treehouse doesnt have a course on SWT?

in many job offers they require JAVA SWT,

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behar
behar
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Hey Valeria! As Livia Galeazzi pointed out, Treehouse is primarily focused on web technologies, and so if you want to learn more about desktop apps, other ressources are required. However it is true that alot of jobs actually still require SWT. Most likely the jobs that you have seen requesting this are for some legacy systems as JavaFX is still pretty new. However it is officially supported by Oracle hwo has stated they will keep updating it, and for that reason it is the "de facto" way to make GUI's in java!

Ofcourse this is just my opinion but if your gonna learn GUI's in 2018, JavaFX is the way to go.

Hope this helps!

Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
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I haven't seen Java SWT in job offers a lot, but I guess it depends on the industry. There are no courses on the topic on Treehouse, and only one course on JavaFX. The tracks here focus on web development and you won't see much content about desktop apps.

It doesn't really matter whether you learn it before or after JavaFX, if you need SWT just learn SWT. Those two things are pretty different.