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Enter the World of Graphical User Interfaces

Let's make sure your Java applications are user friendly! Learn about graphical user interfaces, and how to create them.
  1. JavaFX (2)
  2. Layout Managers (14)
  3. Using Dialog Boxes (15)

Create a Simple Window Using JFrame

Use JFrame to create a simple window for a Java application.

Coding a Simple Graphical User Interface - Part I

A step-by-step guide to manually coding a simple graphical user interface. Part two of this step-by-step shows how to code the same graphical user interface using NetBeans Gui Builder.

Example Java Code For Building a Simple GUI Application

An example Java class for building a simple GUI application. This program corresponds to the Coding a Simple Graphical User Interface - Part I

Coding a Simple Graphical User Interface - Part II

This step-by-step guide shows how to build the simple GUI application created in Coding a Simple Graphical User - Part I using the NetBeans GUI Builder.

GUI Builder Code For Building a Simple GUI Application

This Java code listing shows what is created by the NetBeans GUI Builder for the simple GUI application built in the Coding a Simple GUI Application - Part II.

Coding a Simple Graphical Interface - Part III

A step-by-step guide to coding a JavaFX user interface that has a similarly appearance functionality as the one created in part one using Swing

Example JavaFX code for Building a Simple GUI Application

An example JavaFX application to show how to build a simple graphical user interface. The interface is the same as those built using Swing in part 1 and NetBeans GuiBuilder in part two.

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