Java #N3 – Making a GUI in NetBeans

Published January 11th, 2010 Under Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | 1 Comment

Creates a simple GUI to add or subtract two numbers using the Java Swing framework and the NetBeans GUI design tool.

Functional Testing Swing Applications with Frankenstein

Published September 1st, 2008 Under Open Source Tools, Software Testing | Leave a Comment

The 2nd Annual Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) in New York on August 23 and 24, 2007. Presentation on Functional Testing Swing Applications with Frankenstein, an Open Source testing tool that he co-authored.

Vivek Prahlad is a Senior Developer at ThoughtWorks. He currently heads the Innovation and Open Source related activities at ThoughtWorks India. At ThoughtWorks, he has played several roles, from being a Technical Lead, Agile Coach to Project Manager.

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Slides of the presentation

Frankenstein

Filthy Rich Clients

Published August 14th, 2008 Under Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment

Back again this week is Chet Haase, one of the leading voices in Java desktop technologies. Joining Chet for this Special Edition of SDN Channel is, Ed Ort, our host from the Java.sun.com team. Ed has some great questions lined up that I’m sure will spark your interest. This week we are going to dive deep and learn about how you can use the power of Java 2D and Swing to create exceptionally cool graphical and animated effects. We’re not just talking about whizzy interfaces that look cool, but interfaces that provide interactive, real-time, functionality and performance.

Swing GUI Intro with NetBeans

Published August 14th, 2008 Under Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | Leave a Comment

A small tutorial introducing Swing GUI building with NetBeans 5.5.1