Having GUI components run on different threads breaks Swing’s single-threaded programming model. The program in Listing 5 isn’t quite realistic, but it serves to make my point. Listing 5.

GUIs on desktop and laptop computers have elements like windows, buttons, text fields, and checkboxes, and the user interacts using a mouse or touchpad. These GUI elements are called widgets or ...

A GUI application’s acceptance test is not straightforward, but, in the case of Swing GUI applications, a small scaffolding utility can automate both unit and acceptance tests.

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 ...