Mastering SWT Programs

Author: (USA) Hatton
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The popularity of the Eclipse platform has grown as much as Java IDE and the Java platform do for application design. One of the core structures of Eclipse is Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT). This set of components can be used to develop graphical user interfaces on Java and provides native code alternatives to Java Swing and AWT components. SWT combines the appearance and feel of the platform it runs on to offer a fast method for building GUIs, making them look truly native to the platform. But since you already know what to do, discussing the basic design of user interfaces, graphical components, and what a button is would be a waste of time. From reading the note summary style of "Expert Secrets of SWT Programming," you will learn how to get started with SWT, direct its operation, and adjust it, without any wasted space or filler. Each chapter in this book is a detailed work on specific problems, allowing you to read from start to finish or randomly find interesting sections, and even carry it around to quickly reference when forgetting how to build a multi-tabbed view.