I am not familiar with any of the leading frameworks of java but still i managed to develop a desktop application. These days people are talking about spring, strut, hibernate etc.. I want to know how many of kind frameworks exists there and which of them are commonly used for developing a desktop application which involves database as well.
Which of them do you think is a must learn for Desktop application developers. Thanks in advance..
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Maybe you don't really need a framework, take a look at the SWT/JFace Data Binding that is also good to learn for a desktop/database oriented application developer.
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Take a look at the NetBeans platform. It is a very sound framework that eases a lot of things - but it does have steep learning curve.
Especially when you know Swing already it's very handy, because you after all it's a Swing framework and plays nicely with any Swing component out there.
Here is a nice little demo showing how to use JPA and the NetBeans platform to create a simple CRUD application:
None of those are directly related to desktop applications, although Spring can be used just about anywhere, and Hibernate is app-framework-neutral.
The only real desktop framework player these days, IMO, is Griffon.