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Intro notes from texts

Intro From Core Java Ch 7
getContentPane() From Java Foundation Classes Ch 2
Displaying Information in a Panel From Core Java Ch 7

The text Core Java Volume I - Fundamentals has excellent notes on Swing(some above). Particularly,

• Chapter 7: Graphics Programming
• Chapter 8: Event Handling
• Chapter 9: User Interface Components with Swing

User Interfaces that Swing: A Quick Start Guide Mini Series
Swing and double buffering , .

Java Foundation Classes online book

Ch2: Comparing Swing and AWT and Ch3: Swing Programming Topics

A very cool application that Java had when Swing first came out was the "SwingSet". It turns out that they have kept versions in each new release of Java. On our SUN machines, it is currently located at /usr/java/demo/jfc/SwingSet2. At that location see the README.txt for how to run it as an applet or an application.
You may need to set your $DISPLAY environment variable so that it shows on the machine you are running on. (e.g. export DISPLAY=whatevermachine.ecst.csuchico.edu:0.0) (Or for Windows machines to view from unix box) It is a very cool demo.
It is also available through Java Web Start on their demo page

It is also probably in the download on your home machines. Go to the directory where you put java and see if you downloaded the "demo" directory. (java\demo) If so go to the demo\jfc\SwingSet2 and check it out.

The Swing Tutorial Updates article

Swing changes and newest changes

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