When Java debuted in 1995, the focus was on applets — mini-applications, typically with a graphical user interface (GUI), that ran inside Web browsers. Developers who had worked with GUI systems ...

Instantiations' Swing Designer is a bidirectional Java GUI designer built as an Eclipse plug-in. It's part of the WindowBuilder Pro family (along with SWT Designer and GWT Designer).

* Java GUI remoting. Despite important advantages, Java Web Start can’t reproduce the lightness of the HTML/JavaScript browser. But there are lots of ways to skin a cat.

CodeGear has teamed up with Instantiations, a provider of software products, services and technologies for Eclipse, Java and Smalltalk. The companies plan to add Instantiations' Swing Designer visual ...

Last month, Google acquired Instantiations, a maker of Java programming tools, for an undisclosed sum. This month, Google is offering Instantiations' products for free.

Java GUI Development: Reintroducing MVC Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigm is an intuitive and widely accepted strategy in UI design, be it web or rich client.

The two donated projects are WindowBuilder, which is a Java GUI Designer for Eclipse, and CodePro Profiler, a tool that developers can use to discover memory leaks and other performance issues.