rastapf/headfirstjava

Samples, exercises and tests from the book Head First Java

headfirstjava

Samples, exercises and tests from the book Head First Java

Chapter 12 - GUI Basics

Basic GUI creation

SimpleGui1

First steps into GUI creation (window, button) without event handlers

SimpleGui2

First steps on handling events from GUI components. Add an action to be performed when the button is clicked.

MyDrawPanel

Creates a first DrawPanel with a rectangle inside.

MyDrawPanel2

Uses an image file in the JPanel component

MyDrawPanel3

Creates a random colored oval over a black background

MyDrawPanel4

Type casting of Graphics => Graphics2D and gradient fill

SimpleGui3

Use of inner classes to implement the same interface for multiple actions. DrawPanel Class created to contain the graphic elements.

MyDrawPanel5

Sample animation using inner class.