Comment Re:JAVA + SWING (Score 1) 331
I never get any modpoints any more, but if I had I'd mod you up.
For a personal app, the time and effort it takes to get it done also counts and here Swing and Java2D are well thought out.
Another hint.
Last I tried any drawing in java was 5 years ago.
I found it easy to set up a look that kept redrawing my canvas every 500ms.
I then ran the program through the debugger in eclipse, and I could see the image change as I changed the code, due to javas hot code replace.
Now a days I wouldn't write java code in my spare time.
Scala is more entertaining, and Scala also takes the pain out of Swing applications.
Take a look at this spreadsheet demo application:
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/OTS/Sisalto/examples/html/ch33.html
Example is from Programming Scala. Best programming book I have read in years.
http://www.artima.com/shop/programming_in_scala