Java GUI

Several frameworks have been created for Java to create The graphical user interface. Here are the most famous:

• Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) - the very first framework
• Swing - a framework created in 1998 and replaced by AWT
• Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) - a framework created in 2003 and actively used by the developers of the Eclipse
• JavaFX - It was originally a separate language developed at Sun Microsystems to create the Rich Internet Application (RIA), but since version 8, it is just a library included in the standard JDK.

If you plan to create applications for Java 8 and higher, then to avoid additional dependencies, use JavaFX. It is well documented (JavaDoc) and there are a large number of tutorials on it (Official guidelines). To quickly create the interface, you can use the special form editor JavaFX Scene Builder.