Java GUI Development covers the Java 2 AWT, JFC, and Swing Toolkit technologies for GUI programming. It provides professional developers and software engineers with 1) a clear understanding of the conceptual framework behind Java 2 GUI tools, 2) descriptions of Java GUI idioms, and 3) practical programming techniques proven to work with these tools. This approach enables developers to solve difficult GUI programming tasks faster, write tighter and faster code, and implement more sophisticated GUI designs.

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Waste of time and money - 2001-10-18
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This book is a superficial (at best) review of the Java classes needed to build Java GUI's. It does cover some AWT concepts in the first 100 pages, and very briefly covers a few key Swing concepts.

Most of the book is one (sometimes 2 or so) pages briefly describing each GUI control with a simplistic code example (with errors). You could get just as much information from reading the Javadocs!

I'm an experienced Java programmer and originally purchased this book some time ago in hopes that it would cover GUI topics in depth. I was very disappointed in the depth of material. I would not even recommend this book for beginners because you can get just as much information readin the docs or from other sources.

Excellent book for beginners - 2001-09-19
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I liked this book. I am new to Java from C++. I have done GUI development using TrollTech QT 2.X. The author has done a very good job taking the reader by the hand, enphasizing on key concepts, and providing working sample code for nuts and bolts. I like the fact that the author did not distract the reader with exercises at the end of chapters. Always makes me feel like in some X101 class I took twenty years ago! Good book, well organized. The explanation about the 'lightweigthness" of Swing compared to AWT is a bit unclear, should have done better.
Overall, I recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn Java fast, and Java GUI development definitely. I just can't believe that I have covered the basics (enough to be dangerous!) of AWT and Swing in just one week! Thank you Mr. Vartan

Dry repetitious text, toy code - 2001-02-11
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Style is subjective, and I really disliked this author's style. I think he was trying to be eloquent at times (simply loves the word "abstraction"), but it sounded muddled to me. The introductory material seemed especially burdensome - endless repetition which doesn't provide real insight.

And really dry. 140 pages of toy code showing the endless variations of all the event models. Other reviewers are correct that this book has way too many editing errors - especially in the code listings.

C'mon - an introduction to Swing GUI development should be downright FUN! This book is simply too oppressive to recommend.

Excellent book for beginners - 2001-09-19
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I am new to Java from C++. I have done some GUI development using TrollTech QT library. This book covers basic concepts of GUI development in JAVA. It literally takes the reader by hand, one step at a time with real sample code. I like the whole presentation of the book; it is quite readable and well organized. I can't believe that I have just covered the basics of AWT and Swing in one week! Of course development with QT has helped me a lot. Anyhow, this is a good book and I recommend it to others who are just embarking on drinking Java cups and making some Java cups :-) Good thing also that the author did not distract the reader with exercises at the end of chapters! This is not a college X101 course indeed. Good.

Merci bien

Covers JFC Architecture & Essential elements with clarity - 2001-02-16
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The book is an easy read and places emphasis an the common architectural themes that pervade the jfc. It describes many of the important elements of swing in detail, with clear perspective.

It is lacking in ommiting some important swing components, but the book's clarity more than makes up for this.

It is a gui roadmap rather than a gui bible

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