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Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
Questions and Exercises: Learning Swing with the NetBeans IDE
Questions
- When creating this new project, we left the "Create Main Class" checkbox deselected. Why?
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The _____ contains all of the components offered by the Swing API.
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What is the purpose of the Design Area?
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Explain the difference between the Source and Design tabs.
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Name some advantages to editing an object with the Property Editor (as opposed to editing it directly in the source code.)
- This lesson used Swing objects of three different types. What were they?
- Describe the process for setting two components to the same width in the Design Area.
Exercises
- Use the property editor to change the appearance of this application. Experiment by changing some values
and seeing what effect your changes have.
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