[DISCUSS] JavaFX or Swing to Apache Syncope installer GUI

[Massimiliano Perrone <ma...@tirasa.net>]

Hi dev,
I would like to close this issue [1].

IMO the only two possible way are:
1) Swing;
2) JavaFX.

I found several debate about the topic "JavaFX vs Swing" and the better 
answer on it are [2] [3].

In summary:
*) Java 6 will not run JavaFX 2 out of the box.
*) From OpenJDK website: The project intends to file a JSR in the Java 
SE 9 timeframe and hopes to eventually be part of the JDK proper.
*) JavaFX 2 offers good integration with Java Webstart

So, I would have liked to use JavaFX but I think that the right choice 
is to use Swing.

Any other suggestion?

Massi

[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNCOPE-143
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1318645/javafx-or-swing
[3] 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13696061/will-java-6-latest-run-javafx-2-out-of-the-box 


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Re: [DISCUSS] JavaFX or Swing to Apache Syncope installer GUI

[Francesco Chicchiriccò <il...@apache.org>]

On 02/12/2013 10:37, Massimiliano Perrone wrote:
> Hi dev,
> I would like to close this issue [1].
>
> IMO the only two possible way are:
> 1) Swing;
> 2) JavaFX.
>
> I found several debate about the topic "JavaFX vs Swing" and the 
> better answer on it are [2] [3].
>
> In summary:
> *) Java 6 will not run JavaFX 2 out of the box.
> *) From OpenJDK website: The project intends to file a JSR in the Java 
> SE 9 timeframe and hopes to eventually be part of the JDK proper.
> *) JavaFX 2 offers good integration with Java Webstart
>
> So, I would have liked to use JavaFX but I think that the right choice 
> is to use Swing.
>
> Any other suggestion?

Hi Max,
generally speaking, I must agree with you: JavaFX 2 could be nice, but 
is not the ideal solution either for not being natively supported by 
Java 6 and possibly for other weird license issues that can come out 
from Oracle.

Why don't you give a chance to IzPack [4]? It seems to be widely used, 
and has a good license (AL 2.0).

Regards.

> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SYNCOPE-143
> [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1318645/javafx-or-swing
> [3] 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13696061/will-java-6-latest-run-javafx-2-out-of-the-bo 

[4] http://izpack.org/

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