SMRTR ProgrammingAug 14, 2025Daily.dev

Java desktop app with Shadcn UI

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A new guide shows how to create cross-platform Java desktop applications with modern web UIs using shadcn/ui, React, and TypeScript instead of outdated native Java toolkits like Swing. The tutorial demonstrates embedding a Chromium-based web view, loading web resources without servers, and enabling Java-JavaScript communication through Protobuf and gRPC, resulting in a desktop app with preserved user preferences.

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