Re: AWT vs. Swing

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From: Michael Hermann
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 00:00

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Keith Bennett wrote:
> 
> I'm getting into Java, and have a couple of questions...
> 
> I want to make the most of my time by using tools that are portable and
> current.  I thought I remember reading somewhere that Swing components
> are replacing AWT.  Is there any truth to that?  What is the
> relationship between Swing and AWT?

basically that is true. AWT will not get removed, but Swing
is its successor

> I just purchased JBuilder 2, and have that on my machine along with the
> JDK (1.2 beta).  If I set up JBuilder 2 to use only JDK and Swing
> classes, does that mean it will be portable?

this is not guaranteed. You have to be aware of certain issues
when trying to create cross-platform code, but you are mostly
there.. take a look at

http://java.sun.com/100percent/cookbook.html

 -Mike

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