This book describes the history of Java GUI toolkits, explains why SWT (Standard Wizard Tool kit) is superior, and then provides extensive examples of building applications with SWT. This book takes developers through the entire class hierarchy of SWT, explaining clearly (with Java code) how to use all the widgets in the toolkit. JFace, an additional abstraction layer built on SWT, is also described and this book demonstrates how to build applications with JFace with explanation and example code.

Autorentext
Robert Harris is a software engineer focused on distributed object computing. Since earning his master of science degree from the University of Florida, he has been designing and implementing flexible, resilient solutions in the telecommunications, transportation, and medical industries. His personal interests include speaking French with his daughter, Mallory, catching bugs with his son, Charlie, and infuriating his wife, Alison.

Klappentext

• While the promise of Java has always been "Write Once, Run Anywhere," SWT and JFace make it a reality. Write it once but run on all different platforms. Major revision of Eclipse 3.0 is coming out (probably April or May, 2004) this book will be up to date (3.0) with no "time bomb" shelf life. Covers SWT 3.0 (in development) and 2.1. Eclipse is free and open source and will become even more important over next year or so/ Eclipse will be the editor of choice for all developers going forward the standard IDE for open source development. * Offers GUI designers an alternative to developing with Swing.

  Zusammenfassung
  Need to build stand-alone Java applications? Then the book explains why SWT is superior and provides extensive examples of building applications with SWT. Furthermore, the book describes JFace, an additional abstraction layer built on SWT.

  Inhalt
  I Getting Ready.- 1 Evolution of Java GUIs.- 2 Getting Started with Eclipse.- II Using SWT.- 3 Your First SWT Application.- 4 Layouts.- 5 Widgets.- 6 Events.- 7 Dialogs.- 8 Advanced Controls.- 9 The Custom Controls.- 10 Graphics.- 11 Displaying and Editing Text.- 12 Advanced Topics.- III Using JFace.- 13 Your First JFace Application.- 14 Creating Viewers.- 15 JFace Dialogs.- 16 User Interaction.- 17 Using Preferences.- 18 Editing Text.- 19 Miscellaneous Helper Classes.- 20 Creating Wizards.