Billed as “The Conference for Java Desktop Application Developers,” the event focuses mostly on Java technologies like Swing, which provides component technology for building Java desktop applications ...

Take a walk on the client side with Qt Jambi -- an alternative to Swing and Java 2D for developing rich, cross-platform desktop-application interfaces.

The new version of the software is meant to make Java programmers more productive and improve the performance of Java applications on desktop PCs, according to Sun. Java tool providers are pitched ...

The key difference between Swing vs. JavaFX is that JavaFX is an actively maintained Java project that supports the development of modern, feature-rich GUI applications, while Swing is an older ...

Despite its flaws, Java has been a success for nearly two decades for good reasons, and all sorts of important applications and infrastructure still run on it.

The product of these efforts was subsequently embedded within the desktop application, and as a result, the desktop application was able to provide full Google Maps capabilities. And what's more, the ...

Windows/Mac/Linux (all platforms with Java): Desktop application Shape Collage creates customized photo collages with advanced options that will have you creating fun posters in seconds.

In a world where Web-based applications have dominated the discourse lately, does the desktop still matter?

Star wars aside, mandatory applications at work necessitate Java remaining on my workstations. Secondarily, there are many websites I visit that use Java. Ironically, The following is one of them.