CSC 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Standard Widget Toolkit, Abstract Window Toolkit, Checkbox
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Users interact with programs via user interfaces: text-based, gui- graphical user interface. Guis consists of components (frame, containers, and widgets) Guis are a part of the model view control design: model view control is a common type of design pattern used for developing programs. Controller: translates between view and model: view and controller are tightly coupled in guis. View (how the object is presented) and controller (how events on the object are processed) belong to one ui object. Use generic components (ie jbutton) which delegate to the underlying (cid:862)look a(cid:374)d feel(cid:863) (cid:894)ie the operati(cid:374)g s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:895) Swing classes typically begin with a j. Eclipse gui library: swt: standard widget toolkit. A group of options where only one can be selected. A group of options where 0 to all can be selected. Editable multiline area of text with ability to scroll. A component that can hold other components or panels. Swing components: top level containers: top of any swing containment hierarchy.
