Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition [Paperback]

John Zukowski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 189311578X | ISBN-13: 978-1893115781 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: 2nd

Completely updated for the 1.3 edition of the Java 2 Platform, the second edition of this widely praised book is the one-stop resource for serious Java developers. This book shows programmers those parts of the Swing component set they will use on a daily basis to create graphical user interfaces. You'll learn about the Model-View-Controller architecture that lies behind all Swing components, and you'll discover how to customize the components for specific environments. You'll be provided with custom editors and renderers for use with tables, trees, and list components. You'll also find an overview of the Swing architecture, event handling with the Swing component set, core Swing components, toggleable components, Swing menus and toolbars, borders, pop-ups and choosers, and more.

• Shows how to create graphical user interfaces with the 1.3 version of the Swing component set
• Offers a clear treatment of the Model-View-Controller architecture
• Demonstrates the creation and customization of reusable Swing component extensions
• Explores the Swing text and html package, and JFC drag-and-drop capabilities
• Provides in-depth coverage of Jtree and Jtable

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About the Author

John Zukowski has been involved with the Java platform since it was just called Java, since 1995. He writes a monthly column for Sun's Core Java Technologies Tech Tips and Technology Fundamentals Newsletter. He has contributed content to numerous other sites, including jGuru, DevX, Intel, and JavaWorld. He has written many other popular titles on Java, including Java AWT Reference (O'Reilly), Mastering Java 2 (Sybex), Borlands' JBuilder: No Experience Required (Sybex), Learn Java with JBuilder 6 (Apress), Java Collections (Apress), and The Definitive Guide to Swing (Apress).

Product Details

• Paperback: 890 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2nd edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189311578X
• ISBN-13: 978-1893115781
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #978,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and very manageable., November 10, 1999

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This review is from: John Zukowski's Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2 with CD-ROM (Paperback)

Zukowski's book is the most up to date and covers what seems important - much more manageable then Geary and more up to date then Eckstein. (OK the *book* is Geary's Graphic Java but at 1600 pages it is more of a reference then something you'll want to read-it's just *too* big.) Of course,the best situation would be if there was a new edition of Core JFC -none of the code runs in that anymore although the changes needed aren't hard-I learned swing from that book!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Definitive" is one word that comes to mind., May 15, 2000

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This review is from: John Zukowski's Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2 with CD-ROM (Paperback)

I've been using his books since he published his "Teach Yourself JBuilder". The best parts of his work are: concrete code examples; clear, concise, and eminently readable writing; clear and easy to understand diagrams. I guess that pretty much covers the entire book, but then, *he's that good*.

I've got other books on Swing, and I'm starting to see the money I spent before this book as wasted (well, maybe not *wasted*, but you get the idea). As with a previous reader, I found the explanation of undo/redo particularly useful.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sun's Documentation is Better, July 15, 2001

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This review is from: Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition (Paperback)

The goal of a programming book should be to make it easier to use the language or library. This book doesn't do that. There is no sorting of what is important and what isn't.

Chapter 3, for example, is a very muddled discussion of MVC, and only confuses the whole issue of the place of MVC in Swing. The UML diagrams throughout are not very informative, either.

I bought this book with the hopes that it would give me a big picture overview of swing, but instead it just gets lost in all the details. I finally bit the bullet and read Sun's Swing tutorials and documents, and found them much more informative. I wish I didn't have to read them on the computer screen.