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<h3>Introduction</h3>

<p>Groovy has several options available for writing GUI code:</p>
<ul>
	<li>you can directly use any of the AWT and Swing classes built in to Java</li>
	<li>you can use any Java libraries which sit on top of or alongside Swing, e.g.:
	<ul>
		<li>JGoodies (<a href="http://www.jgoodies.com/">home</a>) (<a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/Using+JGoodies+Animation+with+Groovy" data-linked-resource-id="81047" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Using JGoodies Animation with Groovy" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">example</a>)</li>
		<li>JFreeChart (<a href="http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/">home</a>) (<a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/Plotting+graphs+with+JFreeChart" data-linked-resource-id="68700" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Plotting graphs with JFreeChart" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">example</a>) (<a href="https://groovychart.dev.java.net/">builder</a>)</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li>you can use Groovy's SwingBuilder (see Further Details)</li>
	<li>you can use <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/GraphicsBuilder" data-linked-resource-id="12190076" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="GraphicsBuilder" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">GraphicsBuilder</a> to access Java 2D features</li>
	<li>you can use SwingXBuilder (see Further Details)</li>
	<li>you can use the <a href="http://jidebuilder.sourceforge.net/">JIDE builder</a> for the open source <a href="http://www.jidesoft.com/products/oss.htm">JIDE Common Layer </a></li>
	<li>you can use the <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/GroovySWT" data-linked-resource-id="17022" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="GroovySWT" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">GroovySWT</a> module</li>
	<li>you can use the <a href="http://craigmackay.blogspot.com/2007/10/creating-groovy-builder-for-graphs.html">PrefuseBuilder</a> for creating pretty representations of graphs of objects</li>
	<li>you can use the <a href="http://wingsframework.org/cms/">wingS</a> framework: <a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/WingSBuilder" data-linked-resource-id="8356323" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="WingsBuilder" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">WingsBuilder</a> -  (<a href="http://www.jroller.com/aalmiray/entry/guessing_game_with_wingsbuilder">example</a>) (<a href="http://www.jroller.com/aalmiray/entry/comparing_builders_wings_vs_swing">comparison to swing</a>)</li>
</ul>

<p>You might also consider using <a href="http://code.google.com/p/fest/">FEST</a> for testing your GUI application as shown <a href="http://jroller.com/page/aalmiray?entry=testing_groovy_uis_with_fest">here</a>.</p>

<h3>Further Details</h3>