Java Graphics APIs – AWT and Swing – provide a huge set of reusable GUI components, such as button, text field, label, choice, panel and frame for building GUI applications. These components can be reused rather than re-invent the wheels.
In the previous track, we covered most of the basic constructs of Java and introduced the important concept of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). OOP permits higher level of abstraction than the traditional procedural-oriented languages like C and helps programmers think in the problem space rather than the computer’s bits and bytes and instruction sequences.
This course concentrates on the Swing components. Students will learn how to choose the appropriate components for GUI and how to use them effectively.