Chapter 10
Graphical User Interface Programming
In this chapter
Java was born at a time when most computer users interacted with desktop applications that have a graphical user interface (GUI). Nowadays, browser-based and mobile applications are far more common, but there are still times when it is useful to provide a desktop application. Moreover, many teachers and students enjoy learning Java through GUI applications. In this and the following chapter, I discuss the basics of user interface programming with the Swing toolkit. If, on the other hand, you are not interested in writing ...
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