Introduction

The Java Builders approach applies to different domains. Below find the issues related to building Swing applications with the Java SwingBuilder.

Details

• General introduction to Java Builders' concepts
• Java SwingBuilder Overview
• Event handlers (no need to code listeners by hand or wait for closures)

Layout Management

• Visual layout DSL (an alternative to GUI builders)
• Using MigLayout for layout management
• CardLayout
• FlowLayout

Component-specific Notes

• Action
• Border
• ButtonGroup
• Color
• Font
• Icon
• JFrame
• JMenuBar
• JMenuItem
• JPopupMenu
• JScrollPane
• JSplitPane
• JTabbedPane
• JTable

Third-Party Component Libraries

The "extras" subfolder contains integration libraries for 3rd party component libraries that are not part of the base JDK Swing API:

• SwingX (Website)
• Jide Common Layer (Website)

Samples

The Java SwingBuilder distribution contains a sample project in the /samples folder.Unzip it and make a project out of it in your favorite IDE and you will have plenty of complex examples for all features that are supported.

Or, alternatively you can just browse the code online.