Mastering the AWT - Course Outline - Pantheon Systems, Inc.

The Object Technology Company

Mastering Swing and AWT
Optimizing GUI & Graphics in Java

Duration: 3 days

Class size: Up to 12 students

Who should attend?
Java programmers who want to use the full power of the Java Swing and AWT classes.

Course contents and activities
The Swing package, or Java Foundation Classes, as it was called earlier, is a full-fledged graphics and event-handling mechanism, including support for drag-and-drop, image handling, etc. Swing, and AWT, which Swing is based upon, are essential parts of a GUI developer or Web designer's skillset.

This course covers the basics of AWT, and moves on to using Swing in power mode. Attendees will come away with an excellent grasp of how to design graphical applications in Java, using the full capabilities of Swing, including 2D rendering.

The course includes a final project building a full-fledged Swing application.

Introduction
Applets, AWT, and Graphics in Java
AWT - A short tour
Compatibility issues
Components
Containers
Event handling in AWT 1.1
Layout managers
Buttons, Checkboxes and Checkgroups
Menus
Fonts and Colors
The Swing Approach
JTextField, JFrame and JTabbedPane
Menus in Swing
Buttons and Labels in Swing
JComboBox
JSlider and JPassword
2D Drawing in Swing
Swing Application Developemnt

Mastering Swing and AWT contains over 20 lab exercises, each designed to give attendees a clear understanding and practical experience of using the key constructs needed to build actual applications. By the end of the course attendees would have built a complete stand-alone application and applet utilizing the classes discussed in the course. Participants will return with an excellent understanding of GUI and graphics development in Java.