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    I am going to develop one desktop application in java. But i have dilemma to develop whether I can use AWT or Swing or use both. Which one is efficient to develop. Please guide me.


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    Default Re: Need Suggestion for Desktop Application?????

    Quote Originally Posted by Ganeprog View Post
    i have dilemma to develop whether I can use AWT or Swing or use both. Which one is efficient to develop.
    AWT is very "old", was the first GUI framework in the Java SE framework. It's extremely limited for the number of available components but also about the limited functionalities in each component.

    So, the answer is simply: use Swing.
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