1. Swing part-one Eriq Muhammad Adams J eriq.adams@ub.ac.id

2. * Overview * Netbeans Matisse GUI Builder * Internationalization * SwingWorker

3. * JFC (Java Foundation Class) consist of AWT, Swing, Java 2D, Drag n Drop, Accessibility. * The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) is the part of Java designed for creating user interfaces and painting graphics and images.

4. * Swing is built on top of AWT. * Swing uses MVC architecture. * All swing components conform to JavaBeans specification. * Support event handling and dispatching.

5. * Swing Component’s Hierarchy :

6. * By default all AWT and Swing-based applications start off with two threads. One is the main application thread which handles execution of the main() method. The other, referred to as the event-dispatching thread, is responsible for handling events, painting, and layout. * If you have time-consuming process in GUI application, you have to start your process in another thread in order not looks laggy. SwingWorker will help you to do that. * For rapid n easy development please use Netbeans Mattise GUI Builder. * You can extends any swing components to create new components, but please check free components out there before to save time.

7. * Please check these tutorials to learn about matisse.  GUI Building in NetBeans IDE Tutorial http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui.html  NetBeans IDE GUI Builder Visual Feedback Legend http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui-legend.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart-gui-legend.html  Handling Images in A GUI Application http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui- image-display.htmlhttp://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui- image-display.html  Adding a FileChooser to a GUI Application http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-filechooser.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-filechooser.html  Creating a Graphical Client for Twitter http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/websvc/twitter-swing.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/websvc/twitter-swing.html  Designing a Basic Java Form Using the GridBag Customizer http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gbcustomizer-basic.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gbcustomizer-basic.html  Designing an Advanced Java Form Using the GridBag Customizer http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gbcustomizer-advanced.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gbcustomizer-advanced.html  Designing a Swing GUI in NetBeans IDE Screencast http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-builder-screencast.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-builder-screencast.html

8. * If you want your application support several languages, you have to add internationalization. * Internationalization commonly be called i8n. * Please check tutorial about i8n with Matisse at http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-automatic-i18n.html http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/gui-automatic-i18n.html

9. * SwingWorker used when you have background process / task that time consuming process. Create SwingWorker Procedure for background task Procedure if background task completed Start background task