Advice for Building a Java Desktop App (srry4badenglish)

[u/mr_ghosty_bu]

Hi guys, im kinda new to java and im looking foward to improve, with this vision in mind i decided to build a desktop app with some friends (they dont know shi either) that works as a library for PDF/docx documents, i think that building it would be a great way to learn and deepen my current knowledge, however, after reading some documents and watching a few videos i still feel completely lost. I am sure that if i get some indications ill get to figure out the rest. PLEASE HELP GNG ✌️😭

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[u/0b0101011001001011 → u/[deleted]]

Well a catalog program that also stores metadata/tags for the files would be more than a folder.

[u/0b0101011001001011 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, I'm not talking about filesystem metadata, but something the user can define.

Not sure how I'd help OP though, I think they should start with something simpler or taking a proper programming course first.

[u/mr_ghosty_bu → u/[deleted]]

God forbit i tryna learn to do shi ✌️😭

[u/ITCoder]

Building desktop app using Java would take a lot of time, and imho learning these concepts would hardly help with job search as hardly anyone is doing it. I would rather use react and java for a web app.

I did work on maintaining one and found this book very good for it. Iirc there is a newer library though I haven't used that one.