title: What is the Java equivalent to C#'s Windows Forms for building GUI apps easily and rapidly
body: <p>I wanted to learn to program and looked at both Java and C#. I decided to go with C# because it was so easy to just open a form and plop some buttons and text boxes on it. With just one download, C# Express got me going. </p>
  
  <p>From what I saw with Java that couldn’t be done. At least not without downloading and configuring other software. All of which I found no easy instructions for. But I really wanted to learn Java. </p>
  
  <p>I really don’t want to learn how to create UIs AND a new language. I’d rather just to concentrate on the code itself.  Is there an easy way (like C# basically) to create Java apps?</p>