Java Swing Programming

Goals

Recognize and utilize the principles of good UI design
Use the Swing GUI toolkit
Customize advanced components
Modify the look and feel of your entire application
Develop professional user interfaces
Speed development using visual designers

Audience

Software developers with some Java experience, wishing to learn advanced GUI development techniques.

Duration

4 days

Prerequisites

The "Intermediate Java Programming" course, or equivalent experience is required. In particular, experience using the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) is necessary.

User interface design principles
AWT review
Introduction to Swing
Basic Swing components and containers
Tabbed and split panes
Tables and Trees
Standard dialogs
Multiple Document Interfaces (MDI)
Toolbars
Using threads for responsive UIs

Format

Lecture and programming exercises

Schedule

There are no open enrollment classes currently scheduled.