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Intermediate Swing

Michael Abernethy, Author
Michael Abernethy
Michael Abernethy is an IBM employee who is currently the test team lead for the WebSphere System Management team, based in Austin, Texas. Prior to this assignment, he was a UI developer working in Swing at multiple customer locations.

Summary:  This tutorial builds on Introduction to Swing, which introduced the basics of Swing programming and the flight reservation system application. In this hands-on tutorial, Swing programmer Michael Abernethy walks you through more advanced Swing techniques like writing thread-safe code, building custom components, and customizing the look and feel to create a more polished and powerful UI.

Date:  29 Jun 2005
Level:  Introductory

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