Discussion: Differences between AWT and Swing
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Both Swing and AWT are old Form frameworks for the Java language. Swing is better to work with and allows you to use "looks and feels" (skins). AWT is "heavy-weight" and harder to work with. However, you should use JavaFX, which is the most modern approach to create form applications in Java.
Where possible, AWT uses native components. As in, under Windows it will use Window’s buttons, etc. This is really good for accessibility, because other programs like screen readers and such can interoperate perfectly with these components already. It does mean that extending the functionality of these components, changing the way they look, etc, is next to impossible. Many classes are final, and cannot be subclassed. Because they use the operating system’s native components, they are often limited to the subset of capabilities which are common to all target windowing operating systems. The look and feel is also inconsistent between different operating systems.
Java Swing, on the other hand, uses virtual components, which you can
subclass to your heart’s content, and can change their behavior and look. They
look and behave identical across all operating systems, and are far more
full-featured than the AWT components.
For creating things like rich textfields with emoticons, Swing is the way to
go.
The main difference between AWT and Swing in Java is that AWT is Java's original platform dependent windowing, graphics and user interface widget toolkit while Swing is a GUI widget toolkit for Java that is an extension of AWT.
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AWT stands for “Abstract Window Toolkit”. It is an API used to develop window-based applications in Java. This abstract window toolkit comprises various components like the classes, methods, label, text field, button, etc which are used for designing and managing GUI. While swing is a graphical user interface (GUI) and a part of Oracle’s Java Foundation Classes that are used to design different applications. Swing was developed to provide a more advanced set of GUI components like JTextField, JCheckbox, JMenu, etc.
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