Learning Java Swing

Course details

Discover how to use Swing—a graphical user interface (GUI) builder for Java applications—to create a GUI in Java. In this course, Peggy Fisher helps to familiarize you with the basics of Swing, and shares what you need to know to create a GUI in Java. She discusses fundamental concepts, such as MVC architecture and using a WYSIWYG editor. In addition, she covers containers, Swing components, layouts, and handling events—which occur when a user interacts with the interface.

Learning objectives
Create a GUI (graphical user Interface) front end for your Java application.
Understand how to use the WYSIWYG editor for creating your Swing components and how to create the components without using that editor.
Gain an understanding of an MVC architecture, which is a model-view-component approach to creating a GUI application in Java.
Add static and interactive components to your application. Add code to listen for actions taken and then process these actions accordingly.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The power of Java Swing
02 - What you should know
03 - Tour of CoderPad

1. Swing Basics

04 - Learn about Swing
05 - Use a WYSIWYG editor
06 - Use the WYSIWYG editor to create a Hello World project
07 - Swing from scratch
08 - MVC architecture
09 - Solution - Add additional UI fields to the movie app

2. Containers

10 - Top-level containers
11 - Frames and panels

3. Components and Layouts

12 - Swing components
13 - Commonly used layouts
14 - Advanced layouts

4. Events

15 - List model controls
16 - What is a Swing event
17 - Event listeners
18 - MVC example
19 - Solution - Create a GUI grocery list

Conclusion

20 - Showing the code from the WYSIWYG
21 - Next steps in your Java journey

Learning Java Swing

Authors

Peggy Fisher