Almost totally crazy?

So there's a comment on my JDT and JavaFX blog asking if it is possible to have an SWT-Port which uses JavaFX. So its time to present an even crazier thing than using JavaFX to build an IDE! You are right I did already explored what the comment requests. I've started a proof-of-concept implementation of SWT ontop of JavaFX. Like all SWT-Ports everything starts with the control example. I've only hacked for 1 or 2 days and this is what I have already. [slideshow] Now where to go from here? Frankly, I'm not sure yet. I've always pushed hard that e4 is not depending on SWT so for new applications it is not really needed. JavaFX misses some controls (most prominent StyledText) and support things like OwnerDraw in table/trees is extremly hard to implement (read maybe impossible). I think a feasable target is to implement the same level of API, RAP has implemented today. Anyways such a port needs funding to get implemented so if there are companies out there who want to see such a thing happening:

• Start with my proof-of-concept and put your engineers on it
• Hire us (BestSolution.at) to do it for you and the rest of the world

Sources are as always released under EPL. You can take a look at them in my github repo at https://github.com/tomsontom/e-fx-clipse/tree/master/at.bestsolution.efxclipse.runtime.swt