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Software similar to Dreamweaver - where you just draw lines/buttons etc and the code is generated for me?

Reversed programming - not coding but drawing and the program will 'generate' the code for me?

Do you know guis like that in java?

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  • It seems like all the major IDEs can do this. – Radiodef Jan 27 '14 at 21:15
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    I would be very careful about using any form designer BEFORE having a firm understanding of how a GUI works in Swing. The designers are great tools, but they are only as good as the developer using them. – MadProgrammer Jan 27 '14 at 23:02
  • Java GUIs might have to work on a number of platforms, on different screen resolutions & using different PLAFs. As such they are not conducive to exact placement of components. To organize the components for a robust GUI, instead use layout managers, or [combinations of them](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5630271/418556), along with layout padding & borders for [white space](http://stackoverflow.com/q/17874717/418556). – Andrew Thompson Jan 28 '14 at 00:39

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Netbeans has a Swing designer.

Doesn't come much easier than that.

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Netbeans has its own intergrated Swing GUI builder, and eclipse has a similar plugin; see http://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/.

It is recommended however to code a GUI yourself, since GUI builders generate a lot of unnecessary and bloated code, and also usually duplicates code frequently. If you don't want to use Swing then coding the GUI yourself is pretty much your only option.

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For Eclipse there is a plugin called Windowbuilder.

http://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/

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I would recommend JFormDesigner, it's a plugin for Eclipse/Netbeans/IntelliJ IDEA.

I'm using it at work with IDEA, on a project originally designed with NetBeans. Before getting it, I was just looking for some plugin to IDEA so that I wouldn't have to switch IDEs, and it was the only one I found.. But, I gave it a shot, and it converted the NetBeans project without errors. I have had some issues with getting the appearance right (positioning/stretching), but I think it was more due to poor layout type choices from my predecessors, upon rebuilding part of the window with a different layout type it worked great. Also includes some custom layouts that are nice to work with.

So all in all, works like a charm :)

Costs a bit of money, but they have a discounted price for non-commercial use.

http://www.formdev.com/jformdesigner/

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