I have developed some web applications before and everything is well documented and there is a framework for anything. I am new to Swing and desktop application development and I found that documentation is sparse and you have to figure out a lot of things by experimenting.
I've been googling for a few hours on how to setup NatTable and I couldn't find anything. I was surprised no one asked the question before. I just want some instructions on how to get the basics working on Eclipse and NetBeans. I was using Eclipse in the past but I think I will use NetBeans for this project as the Swing GUI editor is better.
Is NatTable exclusive to Eclipse or will it also work with NetBeans? If someone can post screenshots of the setup procedure, that would be awesome.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
The NatTable project has a website that contains some information. It doesn't cover everything, but how to install and use it is explained:
https://www.eclipse.org/nattable/documentation.php?page=getting_started
Currently NatTable is building a SWT control. Swing is not supported. That might change in the future.
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I've recently come across libGDX for java game development and wanted to give it a try. Every tutorial i've looked up showed that i have to download the setup.jar from https://libgdx.badlogicgames.com. The problem i'm having is that upon visiting this site, i always get redirected to https://libgdx.com, where all i can find are features, a doc, news... and a git repo with code.
Can someone explain to me how i can still download the setup app. Or do i have to run the code from git? Maybe this is a completely stupid question and i'm missing something really obvious but currently i'm completely lost.
It looks like the Website of the libGdx Developers has changed.
I researched a bit and found out that they provide you useful tools for programming with libgdx.
The tool list contains the Setup Tool.
You can find a list of the tools here:
https://libgdx.com/dev/tools/
However I have had ungreat experiences with the tool.
If the tool installation does not work properly. I would recommend you to try to install it manually.
You can find informations about the Manual installation here:
https://libgdx.com/dev/project-generation/
I have just installed the Vaadin plugin for NetBeans. I don't even know what to start with it, but I would love to know, how to get my head around it!
Can anyone help me out?
Just simple little programs or even just starting up my first program(Java).
Take a look at a Vaadin plugin tutorial:
http://wiki.netbeans.org/VaadinPlugin1.1.0
The Netbeans and Vaadin websites do not maintain their tutorials for the latest versions of Netbeans and Vaadin, and are useless. For example, the plugins are no longer installed in the way they currently describe and there are no complete and simple working examples of how to use a database with Vaadin.
For those who are struggling with the current method of installing the Vaadin plugin with NetBeans 8, the best way that I could find is to:
Start Netbeans (the Java EE version).
Go to Tools > Plugins > Installed
Look for Vaadin at the bottom of the list. It will be there but will be unactivated. Click the checkbox and activate/install it.
Unfortunately, even though I got the Vaadin plugin installed, I could find no tutorial that provided a clear explanation of how to use Netbeans 8 and Vaadin to create a simple Vaadin project that can read and write a record to a mysqli database.
I am a C# programmer. I want to learn Java to implement my windows application. But I don't know what IDE and what tools can help me.
Please help me to choose best platform and IDE and other tools.
Edit:
Thank You For Your Helping. And What is Best Ebooks and UserGuids to Learn java.
There are really three big IDE's that people use:
Eclipse
Netbeans
Intellij IDEA (my personal favorite)
The online Java Tutorials are a great place to start learning the language.
Eclipse or NetBeans will be your best bet for an IDE (in my options)
Set up Git for source control
Use Maven to manage your builds (if you're getting that complex)
First, download the java jdk.
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Later, install an IDE. I suggest you to use Eclipse, I like it:
http://www.eclipse.org/
Another one very used is Netbeans:
http://netbeans.org/
Have Fun!
There's a short tutorial along with a great comparison table here. It's a Java tutorial aimed at C# developers.
Java is very close to C# you don't need more than eclipse (Actually I prefer it more than Netbeans) and search for any syntax you want in the Java documentation
JDK
First you need to download Java
development kit(J2SE 6) from Sun's
website
IDEs
eclipse or netbeans
Books
If you are planning to use Swing for
windows application - you may read
sun's tutorial
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/
Or if youa re a serious Java learner
get the Thinking in Java book from
here
http://www.odioworks.com/46-Bruce_Eckel%27s_Free_Electronic_Books.html
By the way, welcome to Java's world :)
Welcome to Java World. You can either use Swing or SWT for windows form like development. Here is a good link to get started with SWT http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3330861/SWT-Programming-with-Eclipse.htm .
On top of what the other user's have already recommended, I would suggest getting familiarized with a J2EE container. It will come in handy in the future. Here is a link on what it is. JBOSS container is free and a pretty good one to use in my opinion. You can download it here.
For Windows app with SWT / AWT gui you should know there are plugins for IDE that help you to create your gui. Check for exemple Matisse for NetBeans.
Once you have Eclipse up and running, you should look at the Visual Editor Project plugin at Eclipse for developing windows applications. Hand-coding all of the SWT stuff is a big pain and hence the plugin will help.
netbensIDE will help u
i'm new for java how can i add a button or others like Microsoft visual studio?
If you mean that you want a GUI builder, you'd better consider NetBeans with its Matisse. I think it is the most popular now for Swing apps.
This Google search shows a number of GUI builders for Eclipse
Many people prefer building GUI in Swing manually (just writing code) because it is by far not that difficult as in MSVC++ applications.
If you are looking for the Eclipse IDE to help with the development of Java applications, this can be found on eclipse.org.
Though I'm not sure I understood your question correctly.
What you are looking for is Eclipse Visual Editor. However, as pointed out by others, the GUI Builder from NetBeans (formerly known as Matisse) is more popular for Swing development.
Download Netbeans, its visual editor is very good, and will give you a the perfect Swing User Interface. Its also very easy to use.
When making desktop applications, i always do it with Netbeans, if i know the application will be more complicated later, then i do only one or two JFrame classes with Netbeans, and use them in a new project in Eclipse :)
I have just started to try NetBeans. I created a new Java Desktop Application project, and it automatically added the JDesktop "appframework-1.0.3.jar" library. However, whenever I try to view its source, the command fails. I tried searching for it online, but I couldn't find it. So where can I download the source code for the "Swing Application Framework" (appframework.jar and swing-worker.jar)?
http://java.net/projects/appframework/sources/svn/show/trunk/AppFramework
the link and the source is too old and hard to be found,luckly i used 30 min find it in :
https://java.net/projects/appframework/sources/svn/show/trunk/www/downloads?rev=151
you can see the "source","jar","doc" of appframework-1.0.3.jar at the ending.
If you came to this question, because you couldn't find "Swing Application Framework" (appframework.jar) using Tools -> Plugins -> Available Plugins My Answer may help you.
First If you just need appframework.jar please get it from the below link.
If you already click the links in other answers you can Swing Application Framework has migrated from java.net and hard to find where it is migrated
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.java.dev.appframework/appframework/1.03
If you just need Netbeans for Swing Application developments, I suggest you use Netbeans 8.0.2 version. As I experienced Latest version does not have the exact IDE which uses in Video Tutorials, Other versions may not properly work with Swing. As per my experience below version will serve you right when it comes to Java Swing Application developments
https://netbeans.org/downloads/old/8.0.2/