We've discussed here before the brewing battle between Swing and JavaFX for the hearts and minds of desktop Java GUI developers. Will the two technologies develop in parallel, each with their own ...

One of the improvements in JavaFX with JavaFX 2.0 has been greater ease of interoperability with Swing and SWT . Several online resources document how this is done.

Some Swing skills can be carried over, but not all. "That's why I was glad to see a lot of JavaFX sessions at JavaOne," said Terpilowski, who was co-presenter of one of those sessions, "Practical Pros ...