CS 3041 - Using Java for UI Building

The CS 3041 programming project may be programmed using Java.

Java has associated libraries that enable interface building.

A description of the language and its associated interface can be found in Gosling, Arnold & Holmes, and in other similar texts.

Prof Pollice says: Swing is probably the most used for standard Java. If the students use the NetBeans IDE, there is an easy-to-use (according to some definition) builder. NetBeans should be available on the CCC machines.

Prof Heineman says: This NetBeans tutorial might help.

Supplemental Material: Additional information about Java GUI building can be found on the web:

• Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (includes Learning Swing with the NetBeans IDE)
• Training and Tutorials: Graphical User Interfaces and Printing
• GUI Programming in Java: A Crash Course
• The Java Swing tutorial
• Java GUI Builders (a useful comparison of tools, from 2005)
• GUI Alternatives (another good discussion of alternatives, from 2006)
• SWT: Standard Widget Toolkit (for the Eclipse platform)
• SwingWT (Free GUI implementation provides a Swing compatible API, using SWT for the implementation).
• JAXB (Java Architecture for XML Binding).

One or more of the course Assistants will be prepared to offer some assistance with Java during office hours. Ask your technical questions early, otherwise the responses may be slow.