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1.5 Some topics on Swing and related topics

The following list is a very individual selection on material and topics on Swing:

Java Software Solutions by J. Lewis and W. Loftus, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
Sound introduction to (mainly) non-graphical Java.

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Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation is essential. You can download
it from the Java site at SUN http://java.sun.com/ .

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Core Java, Volume 1 by C. Horstmann and G. Cornell, Sun Microsystems
Press/Prentice Hall, 2002. Is mainly an introduction to non-graphical Java but
also addresses the basics of Swing.

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Graphic Java ,Volume 2: Swing by D. Geary, Sun Microsystems Press/Prentice
Hall, 2001; 1680 pages. Explains most Swing components in much detail and
covers a number of advanced techniques.

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UML Distilled , Second Edition by M. Fowler and K. Scott, Addison-Wesley,
2000. A compact hands-on introduction to the Unified Modelling Language.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Anne Haxthausen, Jens Thyge Kristensen, Hans
Henrik Løvengreen and Jørgen Steensgaard-Madsen for suggesting many impor-
tant improvements. A special thanks to Thyge for his thorough proof-reading of
the lecture notes on which this topic is based.