Making Swing Groovy
Java's standard library includes the Swing user interface toolkit, but using it correctly can be challenging. There are subtleties in the use of threads, inner classes, and layouts, and the resulting code can be dense. Groovy, with it's builders and closures, can simplify this process dramatically.
In this presentation, Groovy Swing examples will be presented ranging from simple, stand-along GUIs to relatively sophisticated user interfaces making use of the SwingX libraries. Since no code exists until it is tested, the FEST framework will also be used to illustrate functional testing.
About Kenneth Kousen
Ken Kousen is a Java Champion, several time JavaOne Rock Star, and a Grails Rock Star. He is the author of the Pragmatic Library books “Mockito Made Clear” and “Help Your Boss Help You,” the O'Reilly books “Kotlin Cookbook”, “Modern Java Recipes”, and “Gradle Recipes for Android”, and the Manning book “Making Java Groovy”. He also has recorded over a dozen video courses for the O'Reilly Learning Platform, covering topics related to Android, Spring, Java, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle.
His academic background include BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from M.I.T., an MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and an MS in Computer Science from R.P.I. He is currently President of Kousen IT, Inc., based in Connecticut.
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