From the course: Learn Java with Swing

What you should know - Java Tutorial

From the course: Learn Java with Swing

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What you should know

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- [Instructor] Before we get started with this course, there are a few things that you should know. First, Swing was the most widely used way to create graphical user interfaces in Java. Now there's a new language in town called JavaFX. Swing is still supported for creating GUIs, or graphical user interfaces, and it's helpful to understand Swing, especially if you want to convert an existing Swing application to the new technology, JavaFX. This course is an introduction to programming with Swing, but it's not intended as an introduction to programming. Instead, you should have some programming experience in Java prior to this course. If you're new to programming though, no worries. First, check out our Java series here in our library. Swing programs are executed using the Java Virtual Machine the same way that a standard Java program is executed. For this series, I have chosen to use the NetBeans integrated development environment, or IDE, but you can choose any IDE of your choice. The NetBeans IDE has its own graphical user interface for creating the layout and adding the components to your application. This type of editor is often called a WYSIWYG editor, which stands for what you see is what you get. The great thing about NetBeans is that it is a free open-source software that's available at netbeans.org. At this time, I'm using the most recent version, which is 8.2.

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