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by Kathy Walrath (Author), Mary Campione (Author)
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  • Paperback: 976 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pap/Cdr edition (23 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201433214
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201433210
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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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, the organisation of classes in both applets and applications, as well as useful high-level classes like frames and scroll panes and the like. 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 optimising re-painting 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.

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Developed and co-written by the lead writer on the Swing team, this book covers everything you need to know to write GUIs that use Swing components. The JFC Swing Tutorial uses a task-oriented, example-driven approach to introduce you to fundamental concepts and applications. Designed to be read either cover-to-cover or as a quick reference, this book explains how to use each Swing component, perform layout, do basic drawing, and convert 1.1 AWT programs to Swing. This book covers Swing 1.1.1.

An appendix lists the complete source code for dozens of example applications and applets. The CD-ROM includes Swing 1.1.1, JDK 1.1, the Java 2 Platform, and the hypertext version of all three Java Tutorial books.



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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial for programmers, 4 Jun 2000
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This book is exactly what I was looking for. I had already experience with the AWT (the previous windowing toolkit of Java) and needed a quick, in-depth tutorial. The book is thorough and clear written with enough examples. The example sources on the CD-ROM are also printed in the book, which I found very helpful. This book enabled me to write a complete user interface framework for a big customer and could answer all my questions, from simple to very specific issues.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Written beautifully., 24 May 2001
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Clearly written and with each part explained wonderfully. I've used Swing before and just picked up this book because it lying around the office, it provided me with some very useful facts in the short time I spent reading through it. I shall be using it as a reference in the future as well. As for the code in the back, I always find printed word easier to read personally.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good first tutorial into Swing, 9 Oct 2000
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This book is for anyone who has programmed Java, maybe with the AWT, and is looking for an introduction to Swing. It is heavier than it needs be because of the code listings but this does release the reader from their computer. The topics are laid out in a sensible way and covered to a reasonable depth to allow a programmer to start producing Swing code. Primarily a study book, and a good one, but can be used as a reference because of its API samples. A book like "Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell" makes a better reference.
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