Chapter 2. Getting started with SWT and JFace
This chapter covers
- The important classes of SWT: Display and Shell
- An SWT programming example
- The important class of JFace: ApplicationWindow
- An SWT/JFace programming example
GUI programming is one of the most rewarding aspects of software development, but when you rely on graphics instead of the command line, there are important questions to be asked. How can your program access the widgets, containers, and events of the operating system? What software classes represent the different components in a GUI, and how can you manipulate them?
The goal of this chapter is to answer the first question and begin answering the second. We’ll discuss the fundamental classes of both the SWT and JFace ...
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