He brings a world of pain
July 26th, 2005 | Published in bitching and moaning
I’ve come to hate Java for everything except web applications. Writing Java GUI code is teh suck. Setting properties for each and every widget is so 1997. But when you need your application to run on Windows, Linux and everything in between, what other choice do you have? Can’t use GTK+. Can’t use Mono’s System.Windows.Forms. All I’m really looking for is a tool like Glade that will generate an XML file that I can easily just load and autoconnect all of the callbacks.
Does anyone know of such a tool? I came across this list several months ago but having looked at each and every one, none satisify my needs.
I’ve also come to loathe the various methods for parsing XML. Really I just want to load a file and have the properties bound automatically. JWhirli currently uses jConfig, but I don’t see any way to have the XML conform to an XSD. See, I’d rather have an XML schema define and enforce the property constraints instead of doing it myself programmatically.
Oh, and how ’bout some of that world peace too?
