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Core Swing: Developing Advanced Java GUI's using Swing

Core Swing: Developing Advanced Java GUI's using Swing (EXL-DTW-4400)
 
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In this Extreme Learning expert-led course you will learn to develop desktop applications using Swing under Java 1.6. You will learn how to design and write form-based GUI applications using standard Swing components and, off course, how to use the Model-View-Controller approach to build your Swing-based applications.

About Extreme Learning: Get taught directly by the experts and interact with peers in an engaging informal environment. These are intensive, deep dive training sessions designed for advanced IT professionals which incorporate expert-led presentations and hands-on labs.

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EXL-DTW-4400 3 days $3,000.00

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Who Can Benefit
This course is for an experienced Java programmer who wants to learn how to use Swing and Model View Controller for your Java Desktop GUI development.

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Prerequisites
To benefit from this Swing course, you need to attend one of Suns Java programming courses or have equivalent experience before attending this Swing course.

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Skills Gained
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
  • Recognize good user interface design principles
  • Use Swings GUI components and Component Layout Managers
  • Write GUIs for form-based applications using standard Swing components
  • Understand how develop your GUIs using Model View Controller
  • Write Unit Tests for your Swing-based GUIs

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introduction

  • Why Swing?
    • AWT, SWT & Swing Comparison
    • Why Model–View–Controller?
    • Pluggable Look-and-Feels
    • Applets
    • Java web start
  • Hello World in Swing
  • Sample UIs

Module 2 - Swing Findamentals

  • Event-driven UIs and Swing event handling
  • Simple Example: Button in a Frame
  • MVC
  • Fonts, colors, borders
  • A word on threads

Module 3 - Common Containers, Components, and Layouts

  • Containers
    • JFrame, JDialog, JPanel, JScrollPane
  • Components
    • JComponent
    • JLabel, JButton
    • JToggleButton, JRadioButton
    • Sliders and spinners
    • JTextField and JTextArea
  • Layouts
    • FlowLayout, BorderLayout, GridLayout, BoxLayout

Module 4 - Menus, Actions, and Toolbars

  • JMenu, JMenuItem
  • JToolBar, Action
  • Putting it together: Developing a simple application

Module 5 - Principles of UI Design

  • Designing for ease of use
  • Paper prototypes and usability testing
  • Performance and perceived performance

Module 6 - More Containers, Components, and Layouts

  • Containers
    • JPopup
    • JSplitPane and JTabbedPane
  • Components
    • Tooltips
    • ComboBoxes
    • Listboxes
    • JProgressBar
    • JTable
  • Layouts
    • GridBagLayout

Module 7 - Automatic Testing with JFC Unit

Module 8 - Branding and Customization

  • About Box
  • Splash screens
  • Logos and icons
  • Internationalization / Localization

Module 9 - Even More Containers, Components, and Layouts

  • Containers
    • JDesktopPane, JInternalFrame
    • JRootPane, JWindow
  • Components
    • File chooser
    • Color chooser
    • Date chooser
    • JOptionPane
    • JTree
  • Layouts
    • SpringLayout, OverlayLayout

Module 10 - Printing and Data Transfer

  • Printing
  • Copy and paste
  • Drag and drop

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