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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

by Julie Anderson, Herve J. Franceschi
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1288 pages
39h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Content preview from Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
Inheritance,including
which class members are
inherited,is discussed in
Chapter 10.
REFERENCE POINT
820 CHAPTER 12 Graphical User Interfaces
Introduction
Many applications we use every day have a graphical user interface, or GUI
(pronounced goo-ey), which allows us to control the operation of the pro-
gram visually. For example, web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet
Explorer, provide menus, buttons, drop-down lists, and other visual input
and output devices to allow the user to communicate with the program
through mouse clicks, mouse movements, and by typing text into boxes.
GUIs enable the user to select the next function to be performed, to enter
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ISBN: 9780763749637