Java Reference
In-Depth Information
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Other Java Topics
In This Chapter
Graphical User Interface Development
Properties Files
Java Utilities
Exercises
Reviewing the Exercises
This chapter explores a variety of miscellaneous topics a Java programmer needs to
understand. Included are a brief overview of graphical user interface development
and a discussion of properties files and Java utilities.
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EVELOPMENT
Graphical user interface (GUI) development is a big topic, but I will touch on it
only briefly. The basic GUI functionality for Java is contained in the Abstract Win-
dow Toolkit (AWT), released with the earliest versions of Java. AWT is a standard
interface that Java applications (or applets) can use to create and interact with
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