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The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs (2nd Edition) (Java Series)
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by Kathy Walrath, Mary Campione, Alison Huml, and Sharon Zakhour
Sales Rank: 204815
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List Price: $54.99
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Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition March 5, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201914670
ISBN-13: 978-0201914672
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
Product Review
With the arrival of Sun's Swing/JFC classes, Java developers can create user interfaces that look great and perform just as well as "native" interfaces. The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs provides a hard copy of Sun's popular online tutorial for Swing/JFC development. Its numerous code examples and clear presentation style make this title a fine choice for mastering the ins and outs of today's Swing.
Owing to its Web heritage, digestibility is perhaps this book's most notable feature. Short sections on virtually every topic in Swing programming help bring the reader up to speed with this UI library. Early sections look at getting started and the organization of classes in both applets and applications, as well as useful high-level classes like frames and scroll panes. When it comes to such basic Swing components as text, label, and image controls, Swing beginners will appreciate the concise description of each component along with necessary APIs. More advanced material, such as optimizing repainting of Swing controls and techniques for more efficient tables, will be useful to any Swing developer.
Most computer books use either code excerpts or full-length programs. For the main text of The JFC Swing Tutorial, short code examples are the norm, but with over 300 pages of complete programs in an appendix, this book will also please those who appreciate more complete examples.
Efficient and thorough, this book succeeds in making JFC/Swing enjoyable while imparting a good deal of necessary information. Armed with this book, any intermediate to advanced Java programmer can make sense of today's Swing with a minimum of effort. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: JFC basics, compiling and running JFC programs, JFC applets and applications, pluggable look-and-feel options, layout managers, event listeners and event handling, graphics, images, animation and painting, threads, JComponent, frames and top-level containers, basic and advanced JFC components, tables, trees, models and custom editors, accessibility APIs, and converting code from AWT to JFC.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Text explores the ins and outs of creating GUIs with Swing components. Includes a tabbed reference section, new introductory chapters, and coverage of newer features. For the novice or experienced Java developer. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. DLC: Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems).
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs (Paperback)
If you know Java, that is, Java without the GUI, and you want to write applets or programs that use GUI components (buttons, menues, text boxes, etc), pick up this book and you'll be writing your own GUI applications in under an hour. Don't bother with the "Differential Equations For Dummies" or with the Web Programming in 21 Days type of books -- Many of them use the older GUI and others, even though they do use Swing, use the older event handling model. If you want to program GUI, then do it right: The book is systematic and accurate and has plenty of examples of code. Use this book for textbook and/or reference.
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The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs (2nd Edition) (Java Series)
List Price: $54.99
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Price: $34.64
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