GUIKit Technology

GUIKit is built upon the foundations of Mathematica's J/Link, which provides a complete transparent communication framework between Mathematica and Java.

GUIKit renders user interfaces using Java Swing components, taking advantage of the cross-platform native look and features of this extensive and extendable user interface library. Likewise, full dynamic support of interacting with the runtime Java components is supported through J/Link and GUIKit's managed user interface environment layer.

GUIKit translates the Mathematica widget expressions into the necessary Java objects and event bindings at runtime, as well as manages the Mathematica kernel environment for evaluating script blocks.