Everything about Swing (Java)

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Swing (Java)A 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Aplikasi Manajemen Tamu Perumahan Puri Taman Asri Menggunakan GUI Java SwingInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Java SwingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Achieving high and consistent rendering performance of Java AWT/Swing on multiple platformsCited 19 times
5. Go sideways: Abstract Window ToolkitA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Event dispatching threadA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Achieving high and consistent rendering performance of Java AWT/Swing on multiple platforms

  Yi‐Hsien Wang, I‐Chen Wu · 2009 · Software: Practice and Experience · 19 citations

• SwingStates: adding state machines to Java and the Swing toolkit

  C. Appert, M. Beaudouin‐Lafon · 2007 · Software: Practice and Experience · 17 citations

• ADM-Based Migration from JAVA Swing to RIA Applications

  Samir Mbarki, Naziha Laaz, Sara Gotti · 2016 · International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector · 3 citations

• Aplikasi Manajemen Perpustakaan Menggunakan Java Swing

  Fitranda Ramadhana, Vika Rafi Ana, Verdiansyah Ayus Aprilyan · 2023 · Jurnal Ilmiah Teknologi Informasi dan Robotika · 1 citations

• A portable AWT/Swing architecture for Java game development

  Yi‐Hsien Wang, I‐Chen Wu, Jyh‐Yaw Jiang · 2006 · Software: Practice and Experience · 1 citations

• Image Steganography using Java Swing Templates

  Ganesh C S Sundar · 2013 · International Journal of Applied Research and Studies · 0 citations

• Development of railway ticket booking system using Java Swing

  Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russia, A. A. Bognyukov, D. Yu. Zorkin · 2025 · Proceedings in Cybernetics · 0 citations

• Graphical solution to Dijktra’s algorithm using Swing in Java

  José Humberto ABRIL-GARCÍA, Aureliano CERÓN-FRANCO, Juan Carlos GRIJALVA-ACUÑA · 2022 · Journal Mathematical and Quantitative Methods · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Aplikasi Manajemen Tamu Perumahan Puri Taman Asri Menggunakan GUI Java Swing

  Nazheef Thareq Asywal, Muhammad Wildan Razzan, Dinda Ayu Puspaningrum Marhono · 2025 · Prosiding Seminar Nasional Informatika Bela Negara · 0 citations

• Aplikasi Desktop Pengelolaan Perlombaan MTQ (Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran) Berbasis Java Swing

  Ahmad Baihaqi, Febbyna Aulia Putri, Christian Bimo · 2025 · Prosiding Seminar Nasional Informatika Bela Negara · 0 citations

• Wine accounting automation: Information system design and implementation using Java Swing

  Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russia, S. S. Romanov, D. Yu. Zorkin · 2025 · Proceedings in Cybernetics · 0 citations

• A Survey Management System: Design and Implementation Using Java Swing and MySQL

  Puskar Deb, Arnab Dolai, Rahul Kumar · 2024 · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 0 citations

• Legitimate Mail Sender Verification and Flood Attack Detection Using Java Networking and Swing UI

  Sinchana K R, Prof Dr. H P Mohan Kumar · 2025 · International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Java SwingMarc Loy, James Elliott · 2002
• Java Foundation Classes in a NutshellDavid Flanagan · 1999
• Wicket in actionMartijn Dashorst, Eelco Hillenius · 2008
• SwingHerbert Schildt · 2006
• Swing hacksJoshua Marinacci, Chris Adamson · 2005
• Core SwingKim Topley · 1999
• SwingMatthew Robinson · 2000
• Up to speed with SwingSteven J. Gutz · 1998

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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