Recommended Tool for devloping Swing GUI's?

Hello everyone.
I was wondering what a good tool kit was for building swing gui's?
I heard NetBean was one, any others you recommend?
Currently I use Rational Software Architect to do all my java coding but I don't see any options in this IDE for creating drag and drop GUI development.
Thanks!

You have 2 very different answers to consider. Before making your final decision, I'd ask yourself, which of the two responders is a Swing expert and which isn't. That should put a whole lot of added weight to one of the recs. Just my two scheckel's worth.

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