That's actually what I've wound up doing. This, I think, is what I was looking for. I can't believe I didn't think of it right off!
Andrew Hill wrote: >I was doing Swing GUI stuff before I started using struts. Swing is much >nicer to use than AWT (anyone else still remember AWT? hehe) but can also be >(ab)used very badly by folk who dont understand its concepts properly and >has developed something of a bad reputation as a result! > >The easiest way to learn it is to start with the online tutorials at the Sun >java site, and also spend some time looking through the JavaDocs for the >Swing api. > >Being a struts person you should already be familiar with the concept of >MVC, read up on how it is applied in Swing. >(Take a good look at things like the table and tree model interfaces as you >will probably be using these ones a lot) > >btw: Be sure to spend extra time when you study the infamous GridBagLayout. >Its well worth it as that is by far the most useful of the layouts and once >you have the hang of it you probably wont use the others much at all! > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eddie Bush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 11:10 >To: Struts Users List >Subject: [OT] Schwing! > > >Any good resources for learning to do GUI development with Swing? I >gather it's favored over AWT nowadays. I did some AWT back ... long >time ago :-) ... but most of my GUI-doing business has been under VB or >Delphi. I'm kinda doing the STFW thing, but I thought one of you might >have a resource you're especially proud of ;-) > >Thanks! > >-- >Eddie Bush > -- Eddie Bush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
