Java - Master managing data in your UI

Design an application using Model, View, Control approach and the event notification model

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40 students

Created by John McNeil

Last updated 6/2017

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What you'll learn

The course demonstrates a method of managing data and reflecting data changes in the GUI using a Model/View/Control technique that you can apply to your own applications
Design an object structure to hold application data
Provide a means of managing a collection of data items, add, edit, remove as well as locate a specific item
Link the data to the User Interface and provide an interface to add, edit and delete data items
Use a Tree object to select a specific data item and have the Tree undated to reflect changes in the data collection
Save and load the collection of data to file so you don’t lose your work
Provide a mechanism to clear out an existing set of data and start a new
Provide a means to Open, Save and Sava As the collection of data
You will make extensive use of the event listeners to be informed of events and changes within the program
You will learn how to create events and fire off events to notify other parts of your application of changes

Requirements

Knowledge of the Java programming language
A Windows based PC to get the most out of the course
You will need to download and install Eclipse IDE. You can use another IDE or the Java commande line compiler but the course demonstrates using Eclipse
Java Run Time Environment (JRE) or Java Developer Kit (JDK) Standard Edition
A few other freely available tools such as Log4J and JGoodies Forms

Description

This course focuses on how to pull together an application that allows the program user to create information, store and manage that information in a user interface.

This course doesn’t: -

Teach you how to pass an exam
How to get the next killer job in an IT company
Or claim to teach you complete Java.

This course is all about: -

How to make your code do something.
How to link your data to your user interface so when something changes in your data it is reflected on the display.
It’s about how to put together a display with components the allow you to manage your data.
And it’s about how to save and load that information between sessions.

This course is perfect for those of you that want to put your Java programming knowledge to practical use. Those of you who want to bring your own ideas to life and are looking for a template to follow and ideas to apply.

This course is aimed at the hobbyist the enthusiast because to complete this course you will need to be a jack of all trades and not a master of one. You will build the data model, the front end, the event model and the code to store the data, all of this you will have to code!

So if you feel up to the challenge to walk through building a desktop application to model, display and manage data then sign up and come on the journey with us.

Who this course is for:

This course is aimed at people who have are interested in writing Java programs
You will ideally be programming as a hobby or for leisure and looking to solve practical problems
You should be familiar with creating basic Swing based applications
This course is aimed at people who are interested in building desktop applications in Java
Ideally you should have completed a Java basic course or are cross training from a language like C or C++ to Java
You should be familiar with creating basic Swing based applications

John McNeil

Helping novice programmers turn their ideas into programs

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Hi, I’m John McNeil and I run software pulse, an online information portal promoting the design and development of applications in Java.

My aim is to help people transition from a novice coder to someone who can confidently design and build their own applications to do what they want to do.

Why Java? When I started out on this path some 15 years ago, Java was freely available which made it accessible to everyone. It was also what I like to think of as a real programming language with a compiler and type checking.

No matter what type of programmer you want to ultimately be, Software Pulse will teach you how to connect together a variety of tools and standards to build real applications. Here you will learn skills which will serve you no matter what you go on to do.

I look forward to working with you