User Interface

Interface I
Interface II
Interface III
Interface IV
Interface V
Interface VI
Interface VII
Interface VIII
Interface IX
Interface X
Interface XI
Interface XII
Code

During the first 8 days of this part of the tutorial, the reader is introduced to applets and various user interface components. During the final 4 days, the reader is shown how the Color Belot application can be converted into an applet that features a nice user interface.

	In "Interface I", a simple applet is demonstrated as well as the supporting HTML tags that are needed to browse an applet.
	In "Interface II", the different layout managers are introduced.
	In "Interface III", methods that support drawing on a display surface are surveyed.
	In "Interface IV", displaying images and using the technique of double buffering are covered.
	In "Interface V", the basics of event handling are summarized.
	In "Interface VI", key events and text components are covered.
	In "Interface VII", mouse events and menus are covered.
	In "Interface VIII", checkboxes, checkbox groups, choice boxes, list boxes, and pop-up windows are covered.
	In "Interface IX", we return to the Color Belot program. The changes to the application files needed to support a user interface are explained in this lesson.
	In "Interface X", the user interface is explained (part I).
	In "Interface XI", the user interface is explained (part II).
	In "Interface XII", the user interface is explained (part III).

Last updated: 03/02/99.