The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace

Need to build stand-alone Java applications? The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace will help you build them from the ground up. The book first runs down the Java GUI toolkit history. Then the book explains why SWT is superior and provides extensive examples of building applications with SWT.

You'll come to understand the entire class hierarchy of SWT, and you'll learn to use all components in the toolkit with Java code. Furthermore, the book describes JFace, an additional abstraction layer built on SWT. Demonstrations of building JFace applications are also included and reinforced with thorough explanations and example code. These applications can be used as GUI plug-ins for Eclipse, and they're compatible with the new Eclipse 3.0 application development framework.

I Getting Ready.- 1 Evolution of Java GUIs.- 2 Getting Started with Eclipse.- II Using SWT.- 3 Your First SWT Application.- 4 Layouts.- 5 Widgets.- 6 Events.- 7 Dialogs.- 8 Advanced Controls.- 9 The Custom Controls.- 10 Graphics.- 11 Displaying and Editing Text.- 12 Advanced Topics.- III Using JFace.- 13 Your First JFace Application.- 14 Creating Viewers.- 15 JFace Dialogs.- 16 User Interaction.- 17 Using Preferences.- 18 Editing Text.- 19 Miscellaneous Helper Classes.- 20 Creating Wizards.

Robert Harris is a software engineer focused on distributed object computing. Since earning his master of science degree from the University of Florida, he has been designing and implementing flexible, resilient solutions in the telecommunications, transportation, and medical industries. His personal interests include speaking French with his daughter, Mallory, catching bugs with his son, Charlie, and infuriating his wife, Alison.