Swing Basics
We can develop standalone applications by using AWT (old) & Swing concepts
For developing any Swing based application we need to extend either java.awt.Frame or javax.swing.JFrame
Difference between AWT and Swing
| No. | Java AWT | Java Swing |
|---|---|---|
| 1) | AWT components are platform-dependent. | Java swing components are platform-independent. |
| 2) | AWT components are heavyweight. | Swing components are lightweight. |
| 3) | AWT doesn’t support pluggable look and feel. | Swing supports pluggable look and feel. |
| 4) | AWT provides less components than Swing. | Swing provides more powerful components such as tables, lists, scrollpanes, colorchooser, tabbedpane etc. |
| 5) | AWT doesn’t follows MVC | Swing follows MVC. |
public class FrameDemo extends Frame {
public FrameDemo() {
setTitle("Demo");
setSize(100, 100);
setBackground(Color.black);
setForeground(Color.red);
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FrameDemo();
}
}
This is very basic program. We will explain the in detail in upcoming topics