There is a huge number of various GUI libraries and GUI components for different environments, platforms and languages on the market at present. Such a situation can drive you mad if you try to find the best solution. What should be selected: the .NET or Java platform, Windows or UNIX? Which one provides the most flexible solution? Where is the richest UI component set? What about performance and system resources usage? And so forth ...

If you have these or the like problems in your project, then LwVCL is the very solution to these technological challenges.

Forget about the Microsoft vs. Sun war. LwVCL provides the same solution for both - Java and .NET! It means the same API, the same components set, the same functionality, and at last the same look and feel. Take a look at the images below to compare screen shots of .NET and Java LwVCL applications:

Java LwVCL		.NET LwVCL

The unique technologies, which I use in our product, allow me to transparently support both the Java and .NET platforms. As a result, any new J2SE LwVCL component appears in the .NET version immediately.

	LwVCL can be easy adopted for other platforms and languages. The .NET and Java LwVCL versions are just particular cases. Do you need to have rich, flexible GUI in Pyton or anything else? I can develop LwVCL for it, and you will have the same GUI library as the .NET and Java versions. The unified API and abstract components level give you a chance to start working quickly, independently from what platform LwVCL is going to be used on.
The bursting PDA market needs to have a good GUI components set. This is LwVCL that can provide one of the richest components set on the marketplace! It works fine for both J2SE and J2ME Personal Profile (Personal Java as before) without any differences! Moreover I have J2ME MIDP LwVCL (draft) for devices with limited resources, such as cellular phones, Palm OS oriented PDAs, and so on. The J2ME MIDP LwVCL version completes the magic circle shown at the left.
This library provides a rich set set of various GUI components. I also offer simple components like label, button, panels, etc., as well as complex components like grid, tree, tree grid, and so on. The LwVCL components are based on the MVC (Model-View-Controller) concept, support view customization, so you can use multiple skins to design an LwVCL application according to your preferences and needs. Go to screen shots, online demo pages to show you what the LwVCL components set looks like.

As a result, you get a powerful GUI solution for most IT sectors, that unites different platforms and environments, simplifies support and development processes, solves problems with GUI cross-platform interoperability. LwVCL is not just a components set - it's a solid GUI toolkit that adds transparent support for J2SE, J2ME, SWT and .NET platforms to your application. Preserve your freedom to choose the library!

In the end, I would like to list the basic characteristics of the library to convince you that I have a really powerful solution:

• Layered architecture.
  This library has a layered architecture where UI components set has minimal dependencies on a concrete platform. The LwVCL components are abstract as much as it is possible to be easily adapted to any other platforms and languages. See the library basic ideas page.
  
  
• Small size.
  The library packages are very small. The core Java package is about 160 Kb (the .NET DLL is about 200 Kb). PDA likes eating it!
  
  
• Provides about 30 various GUI components.
  In spite of the small size of the library, LwVCL provides a huge number of UI components! In addition to simple components, you will get a grid, tree, tree grid, and other complex, flexible components. The components set grows up very fast!
  
  
• Dynamic and thrifty to system resources usage (CPU/Memory/Disk Space).
  The library is very fast and takes care of use of system resources.
  
  
• MVC (Model-View-Controller) compliance.
  The library components are designed according to the MVC concept that allows separating data models, views, and business logic.
  
  
• Flexible and customizable.
  The library is customizable. It is very easy to extend the library with new components, or change its behavior according to your requirements.

Currently I develop and support the following LwVCL versions: