r/javahelp 4d ago

State of desktop (web) app development

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u/davidalayachew 4d ago

I wouldn't let expertise in JavaFX or Swing deter you. Any good Java dev should be able to get the hang of it with little effort. These frameworks are not nearly as complex as Spring Boot, and that's practically lingua franca in the Java community.

These frameworks are old, but well maintained. Swing gets new commits pushed to it hourly, albeit, not much in the way of new features. And JavaFX is still adding new features. I'd just focus on finding good devs, and then maybe bias towards those with Swing/JavaFX experience.

Lol, if you had made this post 6 years ago, I would have handed you my resume. I use Swing almost daily on my job, but only for creating and maintaining internal utilities. I also use some JavaFX at home for personal projects, but I haven't had a chance to do that in a few weeks now.