Learn
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Download swing1.jar which contains the source code for the Hello World application and the flight reservation system.
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Don't miss the companion tutorial, "Intermediate Swing", which builds on the basics covered in this tutorial.
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Visit the Sun tutorial on Swing, which is a good follow-up to this tutorial and covers others components not explained here.
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Read the Swing Javadoc to see all the possible functions you can call on your Swing components.
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The JavaDesktop Web page offers the newest techniques in Swing.
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The Client-side Java programming discussion forum is another good place for assistance with Swing.
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developerWorks has published many articles on Swing:
- John Zukowski's Magic with Merlin series and Taming Tiger series cover Swing and related topics regularly.
- Michael Abernethy has penned several more advanced Swing-related articles, including"Ease Swing development with the TableModel Free framework" (developerWorks, October 2004), Go state-of-the-art with IFrame" (developerWorks, March 2004), and"Advanced Synth" (developerWorks, February 2005)
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The developerWorks Open source zone has an entire section devoted to Eclipse development.
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You'll find articles about every aspect of Java programming, including all the concepts covered in this tutorial, in the developerWorks Java technology zone.
Get products and technologies
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eclipse.org is the official resource for the Eclipse development platform. Here you'll find downloads, articles, and discussion forums to help you use Eclipse like a pro.
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Get involved in the developerWorks community by participating in developerWorks blogs.


