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Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition

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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!

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.

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.

Excellent book. It covers some advanced topics in Swing programming. It helps Java developers to produce clean code and robust program by using Swing features effectively. Example: Event handling is covered in depth. Author provided the best way to use MVC with PropertyChangeListener. All topics are covered with clear and useful example. While some other authors give some examples you cannot apply in the real life.

This book is not to be used as a reference. It is a tool to teach you all the features of Swing, including all the tips and tricks (that other books won't give you) on how to create Java Swing code that will suite even the most robust sytems. It will also run faster and consume less resources. These 'tricks' will save you a lot of time and effort. It shows you how to make code reusable, short and affective. The exact meaning of good Java code. It teaches you the most advanced features of Swing like trees, undo, drag and drop and so on.
The book uses UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagrams to simplify for you and show you visially the stucture of the many program examples in the book, in a truly Object Oriented point of view.
In summation: It's a wonderful book and I recommend it to anybody who professionally programs in Java Swing.

This book is the only one I've found that gives a good explanation of Swing's undo capabilities. Examples are clear & not cluttered with detail. Recommend!