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Loki:
Serious question, what is wrong with swing? (I never did much with it, we were simply introduced to it as a better alternative to java.awt).
Akima:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 04 Mar 2014, 12:27 ---Sometimes when I'm not sure how Swing is implemented, I create a sandbox of sorts just to test if actions event listeners fire the way I expect them to. In such a case, seeing the "YOU DID THE THING" prompt is a sign I've done everything right.
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I love it when an experimental learning-style comes together. And it's the only answer to crappy ambiguous documentation anyway.
Dancing to the Ellington clip...
snalin:
--- Quote from: Loki on 04 Mar 2014, 22:22 ---Serious question, what is wrong with swing? (I never did much with it, we were simply introduced to it as a better alternative to java.awt).
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It's hard to use, and clunky. You get these huge, nested calls to set up simple GUIs. Writing unit tests for the stuff is difficult to say the least. A big thing is also that it's not maintained (as of last time I checked), so bugs won't be fixed.
I think that it's mostly that most developers has written for the web, and making GUI stuff with html/javascript is just a lot easier, so going over to Swing is a pain. There's, sadly, no really good alternatives in Java.
94ssd:
I don't know what to give up for Lent. Although I have not been Catholic for 4 years, I still like to give something up as a personal challenge. Last year I did soda, but afterwards I still barely drink any.
Buzzfeed thinks I should give up TV. But I don't watch much television, and Lent corresponds with the return of the only two shows I actually do watch regularly, Game of Thrones and The Newsroom, and I'd also have to give up "Internet" to avoid spoilers.
I can't give up social media because I'd get fired (I just signed on to run the social media pages for the student union in addition to my regular shifts there). Although I could just stop using my personal accounts, that would mess with stuff because I'm sound designing a show and social media is how the production team communicates between meetings.
Video games would be a good candidate, but I just spent $50 to reactivate my Live Gold account and I don't want to not use it for over a month after just paying for it.
Maybe I'll give up unhealthy snacks in general (which I think would be better than doing something specific like chocolate, because then I could just substitute)
Masterpiece:
Give up the forums?
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