Java - Master managing data in your UI
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
Course content
Getting started2 lectures • 12min
- IntroductionPreview03:46
- Setting up your development environment07:52
Data modelling7 lectures • 31min
Reading and Writing data to disk5 lectures • 29min
Data Presentation6 lectures • 43min
Managing a collection of ships5 lectures • 41min
Navigating through the Fleet6 lectures • 39min
Adding the Button bar12 lectures • 1hr 28min
Adding Fleet Navigation6 lectures • 42min
Making or JTree Dynamic5 lectures • 33min
Finishing Off13 lectures • 1hr 29min
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
Instructor
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- 4.1 Instructor Rating
- 52 Reviews
- 1,400 Students
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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
John McNeil