Creating the LookandFeel Application

This tutorial introduces the IDE's special support for interactive, component-based development. If you have an interest in visual programming, taking the time to complete this tutorial will be time well spent. New users looking for an introduction to the IDE, will benefit also.

This effort is primarily visual and interactive and you can complete the tutorial without writing source code. You design the user interface by customizing JavaBeans components. Communication between objects is defined as you interactively make connections between event sources and event listeners.

Look and Feel Selector This radio button group is one of the user interface components you create in the tutorial. At runtime, it notifies its listeners when its selection changes and they render their views for the new look and feel.

This tutorial covers the following topics:

  1. Interactive design using the Form Editor.

  2. JavaBeans components and property editors.

  3. Making connections between communicating components using the Connection Wizard.

  4. Adding a custom component to the Component Palette for convenient access.

  5. Basic development in the IDE. Any development necessarily introduces concepts and mechanisms that define the basic development support, such as workspaces, window sets, and filesystems.

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