Why Swing Still Matters in 2024: Legacy Maintenance vs. Rewrite Costs
In 2024, the software development world is buzzing with modern frameworks, cloud-native architectures, and shiny UI toolkits. Yet amidst all this innovation, Swing, a Java-based GUI framework first introduced in 1998, continues to thrive—particularly in financial and enterprise environments. According to a recent industry survey, a staggering 62% of financial desktop applications still use Swing. …
In 2024, the software development world is buzzing with modern frameworks, cloud-native architectures, and shiny UI toolkits. Yet amidst all this innovation, Swing, a Java-based GUI framework first introduced in 1998, continues to thrive—particularly in financial and enterprise environments. According to a recent industry survey, a staggering 62% of financial desktop applications still use Swing. …
