There is a GUI toolkit for java called thinlet (www.thinlet.com) that
seems promising. It's seems to be easier to make small gui apps with
this.

Bye
Javier Soques


--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "Roman Rokytskyy"
<rrokytskyy@a...> wrote:

> Hi Martijn,
>
> > A local app with Eclipse.
>
> What kind of app you want to write? GUI? If yes, be ready to spend
> more time on UI than on database connectivity. In this case you can
> already start learning writing GUI applications in Java - be sure

that

> JayBird 1.5 will be released before you learn Swing completely

(Swing

> has the same position in Java as VCL in Delphi but from my POV is

more

> complex than VCL) ;). You should check SWT (UI components from

Eclipse

> project), some people say that SWT is easier/better than Swing.
>
> If you just want to learn using Java with Firebird, I would start

with

> web applications (servlets and JSP).
>
> Best regards,
> Roman Rokytskyy