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I want to develop a program that creates Swing applications and whose Java source code is created side by side (e.g. drag a button and drop it onto frame whose source is to be created).

  1. How much time it will take?
  2. Should I use JInternalFrame or simple Frame?
  3. How should I generate source code? How does code get put into the .java file when I drag-and-drop a component?
kleopatra
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tabish
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  • *"How much time it will take?"* For someone that needs to ask, a long, long time. Not that the world needs yet another GUI builder. – Andrew Thompson Jul 20 '12 at 01:28

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You can use something like GMF to create a graphical editor that generates code. Building something like this from scratch would take months or years depending on your skill level and the scope of what you need.

Garrett Hall
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