CS451: Week Fourteen

CS 451 Programming Paradigms
Week Fourteen

Lecture 27 : Tuesday, 4/25/00

Discussed some general questions about grades and the final
Discussed the Model-View-Controller paradigm for GUI programming
Went over example of making closeable frames
Surveyed features of Swing: components, layout managers, etc.
Looked at CenteredTest example for getting screen sizes and adjusting locations etc.
Looked at HelloWorld examples demonstrating use of paintComponent
Looked at ButtonTest example for placing components (Buttons) on a panel and registering the panel as a listener with an actionPerformed method to respond to button click events

Lecture 28 : Thursday, 4/27/00

Etch-a-Sketch example, further demonstrating event listening
Radio Button group example demonstrating component creation and composition
Looked at the details of managing custom events and the system event queue
Looked at example of obtaining images and ensuring their successful loading before proceeding with drawing them