learning GUI in Java

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2 comments, last by INsanityDesign 15 years, 7 months ago
So i have made some Java applications but they are all console based. I am quickly learning that a program isnt considered a program anymore if it doesn't have some sort of GUI going on. I have looked into Java awt and swing before but get lost in all the classes and JPanels and Frames. I am wondering if there is 1 good book or something that someone can recommend that would show me how to take a console app that has all the logic of the app done and change the inputs and outputs to work the GUI instead of just the console. Thanks.
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First an in my opinion one of the best resources still is the official tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/
From there everything can develop itself.

It is not necessarily a tut that converts console to UIs but that's easy if you know hot to make your GUIs.
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Honestly, use the NetBeans GUI Creator.
Even if I like the Netbeans Editor, I think first of all, someone should understand a GUI System before he "circumvent" it.
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