In the field of computers, there are lots of things which are required for the functions of the system and its easy utility. For a computer, there are many things that one needs to understand. These things are a little complicated for a common man to understand. However, it is sometimes necessary for one to understand the functions of the system and help to operate the system easily. There are languages as well as programs and software that can make one use the system in a desired manner and get the results that are most expected from the concerned system.
As Java as a programming language has outstandingly contributed to developing different applications, it has now given a new kind of toolkit known as Swing. In the world of Graphics User Interface (GUI), Swing is the new and next-generation toolkit that allows the user to develop latest and feasible applications in Java. The use of Swing is newly added into the family of Java.
Originally Java used its original platform compiled by Graphics User Interface (GUI) and Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). Swing is a wing of Java Federation Classes (JFC). Sun Microsystems decided to develop a new generation GUI toolkit which will prescribe them with immense production of applications. The most used features of Swing are lightweight and pluggable look and feel components. There are many differences between AWT and Swing are:
Know all about AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit)
Before the development of Swing, Java originally was compiled into originally built Graphics User Interface (GUI), AWT. It does not work on every platform when it is implied.
In an operating system provided by the company, a user expects greater functional value. But the AWT does not support its functionality to every platform.
The Operating System formulates the native code which is used in AWT components, and it changes from OS to OS.
AWT is not based on MVC or rather known as Model View Controller.
Abstract Window Toolkit is a quantitative set of heavyweight components. This means that heavy UI components are wrapping them.
The two main characteristic components of Swing contains pluggable look and feel and the other one is lightweight components.
The major reason behind calling Swing as a lightweight is because it is platform independent and the platform is not of specific code resources rather entirely written in Java. It does not contain any rectangular or opaque shape of the platform.
The next component which is pluggable look and feel entails, this particular feature enables the application to look differently and run the way it wants to.
So, these were the basic difference between AWT and Swing. Thus, it is better to have a lightweight component like Swing. It is only because it does not have an operating system peer. Swing makes the animation part possible by using logic. It can easily handle user input listings. Swing makes use of a component known as a frame which further defined by the JFrame class.