Where are Swing applications used?

Question

Are Swing applications really used nowadays? I don\'t find a place where they are used. Is it okay to skip the AWT and Swing package (I learned a bit of the basics though)?

Answer 1

You should certainly write Swing for desktop Java, only using AWT to the degree that Swing demands it.

I'm sure people can come up with examples of very good Swing apps besides SQL Squirrel and IntelliJ.

I think that RIA technologies like Flex, Silverlight, etc. are ascendant because the web and services are taking mindshare from desktops. It's not just Swing that's losing out.