Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/EXL-DTW-4400.xml

Core Swing: Developing Advanced Java GUI's using Swing

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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Languages

English

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.

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.

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

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