Professional Java User Interfaces [Paperback]

Mauro Marinilli (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471486965 | ISBN-13: 978-0471486961 | Publication Date: May 24, 2006 | Edition: 1

This book covers the full development life cycle for professional GUI design in Java, from cost estimation and design to coding and testing.

• Focuses on building high quality industrial strength software in Java
• Ready-to-use source code is given throughout the text based on industrial-strength projects undertaken by the author.

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From the Back Cover

Professional Java User Interfaces begins where all other Java Graphical User Interface books end. It goes beyond the traditional discussion of code and covers aspects of professional Java GUI development that other books tend to miss out. It takes advantage of Swing and SWT libraries, but it is not limited to them; it explores GUIs for all Java environments, going beyond standard component-based GUIs. Mauro Marinilli describes how to set out and develop GUIs, ranging from the most simple to the most complex, with industry quality, reusable utility classes, sound software designs, source code and professional advice.

Save time and effort by following the recommendations outlined in this book when undertaking professional GUI design and development. From practical tips to design patterns-aware software development and scalable architectures, this essential read is a culmination of many years of real-world experience.

The author reveals:

• The best way to code a complex UI in Java, with plenty of code examples.
• How GUI design and usability techniques can be used effectively with Java.
• Industry best practice for building professional GUIs for projects of any size.
• How to design effective GUIs for Java programs running on devices other than PCs.
• How to chose the best software model for a project; options range from XP to Rational Unified Process, including Test-Driven Development, Cost-Driven design and others.
• Practical tips for every aspect of project management to increase team organization.
• Essential techniques to add professional features to your GUIs: to include undo – redo, memory management and lazy initialization, asynchronous actions and more.
• Extensive coverage of the latest Java UI technologies and libraries.

About the Author

Mauro Marinilli, PhD works as a Program Manager in the Microsoft Business Solutions team in Copenhagen. He is an author and speaker at various conferences.

Product Details

• Paperback: 668 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471486965
• ISBN-13: 978-0471486961
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,402,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very little depth, March 17, 2010

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Gabriele Carcassi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Professional Java User Interfaces (Paperback)

I was looking for a good book to describe architectural problem and solutions in UI building, as opposed to ones that simply go through the details of a particular UI technology. Unfortunately, this is not it. It's so bad I couldn't even finish reading it: I struggled through a third of it (hoping it would get better), skimmed the rest and finally gave up. I read almost 300 pages and didn't learn anything significant.

It gives overviews but does not enter in depth of anything. Architectural discussions are the worst as they go little beyond showing diagrams with boxes, with far not enough information to understand how to implement. For example, MVC discussion is just about 5 pages, it tells you what the 3 elements are, but it does not tell you why is good (or not), how to use it properly, talk about common misuses. Perhaps it's good for a very very junior person, just to get familiar with at least some terminology and references.

The prose also shows his preferences on specific technologies, which would be fine but I think it impedes objectivity. For example, he claims SWT having better performance than Swing, while it's known that that's not the case on Unix. All comments on performance are out of date anyway, but this was not accurate at the time of writing ( [...]). This unfortunately casts doubts on the rest...

The thing that gets me the most, is that the author clearly has a ton of experience, he _could_ have written a useful book. This one I found useless.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Professional Java User Interfaces, May 12, 2007

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Anonymous (Portsmouth, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Java User Interfaces (Paperback)

Basically a good book, although I wish there were more code examples explained in the book rather than provided on the author's website.