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Learning Java : Chapter 14: Using Swing Components

Buy this book Title: Learning Java ISBN: 1565927184 Order No 7184 US Price: $ 34.95 Publication Date: May 2000 Pages: 722 © O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Author's Top Ten Tips and Tricks

Part of O'Reilly's definitive set of Java documentation, Learning Java introduces the basics of Java, the object-oriented programming language for networked applications from Sun Microsystems. This book provides a broad survey of the Java 2 Standard Edition and contains everything necesary to get up to speed quickly. It covers the essentials of hot topics like Swing and JFC; describes new tools for signing applets and other Java classes; and shows how to write networked clients and servers, servlets, JavaBeans, and state-of-the-art user interfaces.

Java started out as a tool for creating animated web pages, but it's proven to be much more. Java is now used for everything from sophisticated web clients to mission-critical enterprise applications. In the future, Java will become the basis for a new generation of distributed software that runs on devices ranging from cell phones to supercomputers. In the practical, hands-on approach characteristic of O'Reilly, Learning Java demonstrates why Java is now the language of choice for building the next generation of computer software.

Includes a CD-ROM containing the example code and JBuilder for Windows and Solaris.

Learning Java covers:

• History and principles of Java
• How to write simple applets and applications
• How to integrate applets into the World Wide Web
• Java Fundamental Class (JFC) and Swing Libraries
• Using threads
• Using arrays
• Network programming with sockets
• Remote Method Invocation
• Servlets
• Signing applets
• Creating a security policy

Subjects covered in this excerpt

Part 1

• Buttons and Labels
• Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
• Lists and Combo Boxes

Part 2

• Borders
• Menus

Part 3

• The PopupMenu Class
• The JScrollPane Class
• The JSplitPane Class
• The JTabbedPane Class

Future Installments

Part 4

• Scrollbars and Sliders
• Dialogs

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