Scott Grissom School of Computing & Info Systems Grand Valley State University

Java JFC/Swing Information

Tracking down answers to questions during software developement is a critical skill for professionals. It is important for you to become familiar with using online documentation effectively. Use this page of links to help learn how to create Java GUI applications.

General Information

• The Swing Tutorial - Sun Microsystem's complete resource for creating GUI applicatioins
• Refer to Chapter 12 lecture notes
• Sun Site JDK 1.4.2 Documentation - find answers to your questions about every Java Class. It is important that you become comfortable finding information using this online documentation.

Specific Lessons

These lessons can be found in the Swing Tutorial. You will come across them during your exploration but are provided here for convenience.

• A Quick Tour of a Swing Application
• A Visual Index to Swing Components
• Using Swing Components
• Layout Management
• Writing Event Listeners