Hi
At my firm, we are planning to build a Java rich client app. Currently, we are evaluating possible Java platforms for providing the "application architecture".
This application will require the following -
Smart incremental updates
if my rich client app has 2 jars -jar1 and jar2 - initially both at v1. Then if I create v2 of jar2, but with v1 of jar1, the updater should download only jar2
Native user experience (Like Eclipse)
Ability to re-brand the platform
Currently, I am evaluating the following -
Netbeans 4 platform
Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)
(1) Please sound off on your experiences in using either
(2) What UI framework does Netbeans use? It looks like Swing, runs much much much faster than Swing, and presents native Windows dialogs!! Is the UI library similar to SWT from Eclipse?