Chapter 17. Tips and Tricks: Let's Get Some Cool Expert Tips!
This chapter looks at several helpful interfaces, classes, and concepts of the NetBeans Platform. Some of the JDK's newest features are also demonstrated in action on the NetBeans Platform, such as the SwingWorker class.
Asynchronous Initialization of Graphic Components
When developing GUIs, it is important to maintain fast response time throughout the component lifecycle. This is especially true for the phase when components are initialized. A good example of this is with wizards, as discussed in Chapter 8. If the user starts a wizard, the wizard should open and be available immediately. Sometimes data for components needs to load from a relatively slow data source or must be calculated ...
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