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LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS) is a self-study tutorial teaching the basics of building a Java application with a graphic user interface (GUI). LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS) has 9 lessons covering object-oriented programming concepts, using a integrated development environment to create and test Java projects, building and distributing GUI applications, understanding and using the Swing control library, exception handling, sequential file access, graphics, multimedia, advanced topics such as printing, and help system authoring.
The focus of LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS) is to use the existing objects and capabilities of the Java Swing library to build a wide variety of useful desktop applications. Some of the applications built include: Stopwatch, Calendar Display, Loan Repayment Calculator, Flash Card Math Game, Database Input Screen, Statistics Calculator, Tic-Tac-Toe Game, Capital City Quiz, Information Tracker (with plotting), Blackjack, Line, Bar and Pie charts, a version of the first video game ever - Pong, and a Telephone Directory.

Key features of LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS):

• Be  presented using a combination of over 1000 pages of course notes and over 100 practical Java GUI examples and applications.

• To grasp the concepts presented in LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS), you should possess a working knowledge of Windows (or other operating system) and have had some exposure to Java programming concepts.

• The focus of LEARN JAVA (GUI APPLICATIONS) is to use the existing objects and capabilities of the Java Swing library to build a wide variety of useful desktop applications.

System Requirements: 

•  Java SDK, ability to read Word documents

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