Lessons Learned While Migrating From Swing to JavaFX

We describe a case study of the migration of an interactive diagramming tool written in Java from the Swing graphical user interface framework to JavaFX. The outcome is presented as five lessons about the search for information when migrating software between major frameworks.

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Published in:IEEE software 2020-05, Vol.37 (3), p.78-85
Main Authors: Robillard, Martin P., Kutschera, Kaylee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Documentation
Graphical user interface
Graphical user interfaces
Java
Open source software
Software product lines
Software tools
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Summary:We describe a case study of the migration of an interactive diagramming tool written in Java from the Swing graphical user interface framework to JavaFX. The outcome is presented as five lessons about the search for information when migrating software between major frameworks.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2019.2919840