Is Swing becoming hot?

[Venkatraman Kandaswamy]

I just now got off the phone from a consultant who called me about a swing related job and I was explaining to him how Swing has become better and handsome with the recent java releases - and how Java is becoming a serious contendor for the desktop applications. Also I have started getting calls lately because of the J2EE/struts/swing hits in my resume !!

Question : Is swing becoming hot. Also whats the deal with SWT? Or by swing they mean the gui part - swing or swt. So far I have not seen a single job with SWT mentioned.

Is it just me or are there any one reading this and nodding their heads ??

[Jay Shin]

Originally posted by Venkatraman Kandaswamy:
whats the deal with SWT?

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?forumID=23&threadID=103&messageID=2025#2025

[Homer Phillips]

Some people will have legacy rat's nest swing applications that they don't want to support. They'd like to hire a contractor to get on that track into the past or oblivion. When they build a new interface they blow the contractor, who now has to re-market himself.

Some people may keep their old swing stuff going a life time.

Do they want to hire you as a contractor or as a perm tells one a lot. We want to try you before we hire you means a lot too.