Swing Programming for Java developers training course

What you will learn

• Identify the key elements of a Java Foundation Component
• Describe how the model-view-controller pattern is applied within Java Swing
• Create a simple stand-alone Swing-based GUI
• Design and implement a robust user interface using Layout Managers and JComponents
• Apply Swing utilities to create a more responsive UI

Java Swing Comprehensive Introduction - Course Outline

GUI Development with Java

• Introduction to Abstract Windowing Toolkit
• Observer and Observable
• Event objects, Event Sources, and Event Listeners
  
  

Introduction to Java Foundation Classes / Swing

• Comparing Swing to AWT
• Key JFC Components
• Working with JComponent
  
  

Swing Component Structure

• Review of M-V-C Pattern
• Swing and M-V-C
• Swing Events and Event Listeners
  
  

Core Swing Components

• Swing class hierarchy
• JComponent
• JButton, JLabel, JTextField, JList, JScrollBar, JSlider, JSplitPane
• JPanel, JWindow, and JFrame
• Other Swing components
  
  

Advanced Swing UI Components

• Overview of textual input with JTextComponent
• Simple input with JTextField
• Using JTextArea
• Complex text input using JEditorPane
  
  

Creating Functional Stand-alone Applications

• Menus (JMenu)
• Menubars (JMenuBar)
• Shutdown hooks
• JFrame and JWindow
  
  

User Interface Design with Swing

• User interface design concepts
• Layout Managers
• JPanel, JLayeredPane, JInternalFrame and Z-ordering
• Utilizing View Ports
• Image support
  
  

Popup Elements

• Dialogs and Message Boxes
• File and Color Choosers
• Custom Dialogs
• Tooltips
  
  

Working with Swing

• Threading issues with Swing
• Using Swing Utilities
• Pluggable-look-and-feel (PLAF)
• Introduction to Java 2D
• Printing
• Internationalization