Adding a Main Window for the Address Book Application: Prototype

The main window will have a list of names from the address book. As you select a name from the list, an AddressForm instance pops up in which you edit the Address instance corresponding to that name.

As a rule, code written to access data shouldn't be in the same module with code written to build GUIs, so first we have to break our code into separate modules:

  • AddressForm.py— holds the AWT version of AddressForm

  • Address7.py— holds the address data code

  • AddressMain.py— holds the main window of the code

  • AddressFormPane.py— holds the AWT panel version of AddressForm

The first step is creating a frame that acts as the main window and then adding a list to it. Then we pack the frame and ...

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