5. Graphical User Interfaces

A graphical user interface (GUI) is that part of a Java program that interacts with the user of the program via mouse actions, keyboard actions, buttons, scrollbars, menus, windows, and other point-and-click user interface elements drawn on the screen. Java provides a package of classes called the Abstact Window Toolkit (AWT) to construct graphical user interfaces. In this chapter we shall learn how to use the java.awt

Overview of the AWT
Using GUI Components
Laying Out Components in Containers
Handling Events
Exercises