GUI Design
This weeks' header photo is of Arches National Park
Disclaimer: Before you even begin this section, I need to make something clear, because over the semesters I get the same question otherwise.
I need to teach you some UI basics. Based on the pre-reqs for the course, and trying to keep things as consistent as possible, I choose to very briefly cover Swing. Yes, I am fully aware that Swing is pretty much deprecated, but IMHO, JavaFX isn't much better (and as of Java 9, it is losing support as well).
It turns out, for you to learn things like event handling, layouts, input validation, etc... that Swing works just fine. I feel to use anything else would honestly overload the student.
Important note on images in this module
Please note that the screenshots in this section were made with an earlier version of the JDK and Elipse. Since everything covered in this module still works the same in the latest JDK/Eclipse versions, they have not been updated as they fully apply.
Week 5 Intro Video (location Schwabachers Landing, Grand Tetons National Park)