JFC Swing Tutorial, The: A Guide to Constructing GUIs, Second Edition

JFC Swing Tutorial, The: A Guide to Constructing GUIs, Second Edition

The JFC Swing Tutorial is back, fully revised and updated to include the latest revisions to the JFC Swing API and the Java(TM) 2 platform. In this book, authors and Java experts Kathy Walrath, Mary Campione, Alison Huml, and Sharon Zakhour—working closely with the Sun Microsystems Swing team—explore the ins and outs of creating GUIs with Swing components.This task-oriented, example-driven tutorial allows you to create user interfaces that work without change on multiple platforms, appearing and performing as well as or better than native interfaces. Leveraging the full power of the latest edition of the Java 2 platform, the authors bring the art of GUI creation to life with content new to this edition. This includes an easy-to-use tabbed reference section, new introductory chapters, and coverage of newer features such as JSpinner, JFormattedTextField, JProgressBar, mouse wheel support, the rearchitected focus subsystem, and improved support for drag and drop.Coverage includes: -Introductory material for developers getting started with Swing, including sections on basic components such as text fields, labels, and buttons, as well as on using images -The latest advice from the Swing team about thread safety -Advanced Swing material, including changing key bindings, manipulating the focus, using data models, and adding painting code that uses the powerful Java 2D(TM) API -How-to discussions on using individual components and containers, including advanced components such as tables, trees, and text editors -Over 150 complete, working code examplesFor the novice or experienced Java developer looking to create robust, powerful, and visually stunning GUIs, The JFC Swing Tutorial, Second Edition, is an indispensable tutorial and reference.

JBuilder 8.0 JFC and SWING Programming

JBuilder 8.0 JFC and SWING Programming

Borland’s JBuilder has simplified the process of creating professional applications in Java. The latest version of Java, Java 2, offers access to the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) and Swing classes, which together make it possible to create platform-independent graphical interfaces within Java programs. JBuilder® 8.0 JFC and Swing Programming introduces the various JFC and Swing components used for handling events, facilitating user interaction, and arranging components on a container, and demonstrates these topics with a variety of examples. The book also covers adding menus, toolbars, and dialogs to applications and handling threads in Swing. Each chapter contains review questions to ensure essential concepts have been mastered.Understand how the JFC and Swing classes expand on the Abstract Windowing Toolkit.Discover how to alter your application’s look and feel with the layout managers.Find out how the Graphics class allows you to perform a variety of graphics renderings.Learn how to create database applications and applets with JFC and JBuilder.Explore the functionality of the Java 2D API, which provides for enhanced two-dimensional graphics, text, and imaging capabilities.The companion files can be downloaded from w w w .w o r d w a r e . c o m /files/jbuilder.