), and of course there is GfxPad but it only works for GraphicsBuilder, so perhaps a dedicated console for Swing builders wouldn't be a bad idea after all.Here is a screenshot of the current version
Want to know a little secret? noticed the camera icon at the far right of the toolbar? SwingPad will take a snapshot of itself if you click it, that is how this screenshot was taken, no additional software required
. This tool is in no way a replacement for a visual designer but can help you prototype Swing UIs, and of course views for your next Griffon application. Speaking of Griffon and the often referred phrase "eating your own dog food" SwingPad is made with 100% Griffon magic, no extra ingredients, no secret sauce. (Griffon, accept no substitutes!). It also looks (and behaves) a lot like GfxPad and the original groovyConsole because it actually reuses a lot of code from those two apps, as a matter of fact SwingPad's main bulk was developed in under 4 hours! talk about being productive. These are the stats for the current version by the way
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Name | Files | LOC |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Controllers | 2 | 324 |
| Models | 2 | 28 |
| Views | 9 | 637 |
| Lifecycle | 5 | 14 |
| Groovy Source | 1 | 114 |
| Integration Tests | 2 | 8 |
| Scripts | 1 | 9 |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Totals | 22 | 1134 |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
Now compare them to GfxPad 0.1-BETA
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Name | Files | LOC |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Controllers | 1 | 390 |
| Models | 1 | 31 |
| Views | 8 | 762 |
| Lifecycle | 5 | 20 |
| Groovy Source | 1 | 114 |
| Integration Tests | 1 | 4 |
| Scripts | 1 | 5 |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
| Totals | 18 | 1326 |
+----------------------+-------+-------+
SwingPad has a second MVC group in order to handle your Swing input, other than that the code is pretty much the same as it currently stands, James even managed to give a preview of it yesterday at the Griffon BOF (Devoxx). SwingPad relies on the the latest Griffon 0.1 -BETA, whose release was also announced by Danno yesterday.There are still some rough edges here and there (specially when packing components if an invalid script has been typed), which will be covered in version 0.2, along with other amazing features that must be kept secret for now
Keep on Groovying!
PD: thank you Eitan for a marvelous idea!
UPDATE: the Windows run script had a bug on it, it has been fixed already [download]
