Lesson Objectives

First, don't panic! Clearly you won't be able to absorb all of this information. There is a lot here! Much more than you need for this Module's Homework. I've marked in Blue the topics you should read, the others are completely optional. But once you read through this, students will be able to:

1. Describe the Java event handling process
2. Code simple event handlers
3. Draw Java2D graphics to a window
4. Compare Aliasing and Anti-Aliasing effects
5. Understand the difference between AWT and Swing
6. Code simple Swing GUIs
7. Code simple Windows (JFrame, JDialog, and JOptionPane)
8. Code simple Internal Frames in a Multiple Desktop Interface environment.
9. Describe the use of and code using a JPanel
10. Use Borders when creating a GUI window
11. Code a simple JFileChooser
12. Code a simple JColorChooser
13. Code using Swing layout managers
    1. FlowLayout
    2. BorderLayout
    3. GridLayout
    4. GridBagLayout
    5. CardLayout
14. List the different Look and Feels supported by Java
15. Set the Look and Feel for a Java application
16. Code simple JLabels.
17. Code simple JButtons.
18. Code simple JTabbedPanes
19. Code simple JScrollPanes
20. Code simple JSplitPanes
21. Code simple JTextField, JTextArea, and JEditorPanes
22. Code a simple JList
23. Describe different options for using JLists
24. Code a simple JComboBox
25. Discuss issues with editable JComboBoxes
26. Code a simple JTree
27. Code a simple JTable
28. Understand how to pass off files/resources to native OS applications
29. Understand how to put icons in the System Tray
30. Identify AWT graphics methods
31. Load files using getResource()
32. Draw simple graphics to a window
33. Identify Java2D graphics methods
34. Draw Java2D graphics to a window
35. Compare Aliasing and Anti-Aliasing effects