🚀 go-pugleaf

Java is still tuff. Netbeans or Eclipse are the IDEs to try. both are free
www.netbeans.org  or www.eclipse.org
nothings as easy as vb6
"Steven O." <null@null.com> wrote in message
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> I am seeking some kind of tool that I can use for GUI prototyping. I
> know how to use Visual Basic, but since a lot of software is being
> coded in Java or C++, I'd like to learn a Java or C++ -based tool.
> Back when I took my Java and C++ classes (two or three years ago), the
> available tools -- at least the ones I could find -- were still not as
> easy, not as "drag-and-drop", as Visual Basic. Has that changed?
>
> Is there some software out there that I could use, maybe some Borland
> or Sun product, that makes it very easy to design a basic GUI?  The
> same tool could almost surely be used to build the behind-the-scenes
> code as well, but I'd leave that to pros.  I just want to be able to
> create screen mockups of the GUI, and let someone else actually build
> the code that makes it work.  Ideally, I'd like to find a tool where
> there is a "Personal" edition that's free, or very, very cheap.
>
> I visited Sun's site, and it *appears* they've discontinued all their
> personal and student versions (unless I missed something), and I can't
> afford $1000+ for the tools I did see.  Borland still has the JBuilder
> "Foundation" version, for free -- can anyone tell me how user-friendly
> that is?
>
> Please let me know what you can recommend.  I can be contacted
> directly via e-mail, if you visit the Web site in my Sig, below.
> Thanks in advance for all replies.
>
> Steve O.
>
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