The main diffrences Between AWT and Swing

[Daryn]

Alright so I am sorta new to programing and even newer to the Java language. So I was wondering what is the primary diffrences between AWT components and Swing Components. I was wondering because I am pretty sure when i use netBean it uses swing but i am currently going through a tutorial that uses AWT

[KevinWorkman]

I would think that a google search of "java awt" and "java Swing" or even "java awt vs Swing" would give you much better explanations than any of us could give you.

But the gist is this: AWT is older and uses native resources. Swing is built on top of AWT and uses lightweight resources. For most things, you'll want to be using Swing.

[Daryn]

Alright thanks for your help I never thought of googling it and for anyone else wondering here is a pretty good website that explains it pretty well even including a list of pros and cons for both AWT vs Swing