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Java Programming for Beginners

You're reading from   Java Programming for Beginners Learn the fundamentals of programming with Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296298
Length 318 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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SkillSprints Inc., Mark Lassoff SkillSprints Inc., Mark Lassoff
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A visual GUI editor tool – palette

The Java programming language, a GUI extension library such as Swing, and a development environment – a powerful one such as NetBeans – can be a really strong combo. Now we're going to take a look at how to create GUIs using a GUI editor like the one found in NetBeans.

To follow along, I highly recommend that you utilize the NetBeans IDE for this section.

So, to get started, let's create a Java application like we normally would and give it a name and we're good to go. We're going to start off by simply deleting the default Java file that NetBeans provides and instead ask NetBeans to create a new file. We're going to ask it to create a JFrame Form for us:

We'll give this JFrame form a name and keep it in the same package. When NetBeans creates this file, even though it's a .java file, the...

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