How Did We Get Here? Graphics Platforms

1. Low Level Assembly Language Programming of Platform Dependent Registers
2. High Level Operating System Programming Using Graphics Kernels: GKS, PHIGS, OpenGL, DirectX
3. High Level Platform Independent Graphics Programming: Java 2D, Java 3D
4. AWT (Abstract Widowing Toolkit, native GUI, heavyweight)
5. Swing (lightweight components)
6. Java 2D (Enhanced Graphics and Imaging)