I am primarily a
J2EE jsp/servlet programmer with a smattering of standalone server applications. This is my first non J2EE user interface. One of the
java programmers at work with more awt/swing experience say that I should
have my standalone class run in the context of an AWT/SWING thread but
that did not make any sense to me. I thought that what is reffered to as an "awt thread" is used for painting/drawing stuff in various components/panels.