Mom, pigs CAN fly: Swing dominates Eclipse SWT and .NET WinForms
I have to honestly say I was flabbergasted by this report. Obviously, I have no problems asserting that Java is #1 in the enterprise (JEE) or in the mobile space (JME), and I do know it’s made some very good strides on the desktop, with popular apps like Azureus, Limewire, QNext and others leading the way and garnering accolades from the open source community as well.
But never in a million years did I imagine this. Swing? I thought SWT actually would beat Swing handily!
Evans Data Corporation has reported that Swing is the dominant GUI Toolkit for Northern American developers. “Java Swing with 47% use, has surpassed WinForms as the dominant GUI development toolkit, an increase of 27% since fall 2004….Java GUI development is clearly experiencing substantial growth”
Source: Official: Swing is the Dominant GUI Toolkit
Nevertheless, although it was from late last year, I think this report shows that Java on the desktop has made some incredible strides indeed!