🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello,

one may forgive my stupid question, but ive always wondered why 
the Java GUI editors are so different from other GUI editors 
such as for example in Delphi. Why isnt it possible to place a visual component on a x,y-coordinate on a form, adjust its 
dimensions, and thats it? Whats the reason to force the developer to use some kind of a grid (XYLayout, GridBagLayout) (ok, there are others, such as FlowLayout, ...) ? 

I agree that one can do a lot of things using the GBL, im just 
curious why the Layout Managers have been designed the way they are (is it the platform independency issue or something 
different?).  

I understand that the needs are different when one has to
 develop for different OS, but in our case the issue is
 restricted to Windows only.  Often we have to develop some
 little tools which dont need more than 20 - 30 hours of
 developing time. These tools are often restricted to a very
 little group of customers. With Java i need more time for the
 simple  reason of GUI issues which i dont have when using other
 tools. Of course, i agree with the fact that with increasing
 experience, this gap will close.

friendly greetings,

Oliver