Manning Press Release: "SWT/JFace in Action" covers GUI Design with Eclipse 3.0
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SWT/JFace in Action
How to design graphical applications with Eclipse 3.0
Greenwich, CT December 7, 2004 -- Eclipse's award winning graphical libraries, the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) and JFace, enable developers to build nimble and powerful graphical user interfaces using native Java code. With Eclipse's expanding popularity, developers are looking to SWT/JFace as a compelling alternative to Swing.
"SWT/JFace in Action" goes beyond the available documentation and thoroughly covers the high-level theory and the low-level details of the combined SWT/JFace development tools. Readers follow a sample application through the book, which covers each component included in SWT and JFace. The many code examples show how SWT/JFace works in practical applications. The book guides both intermediate and advanced programmers through the process of developing Eclipse-based GUIs for their applications.
In addition to the SWT/JFace toolset, this book presents additional Eclipse capabilities that function on top of these libraries. No other book covers the Rich Client Platform, which programmers can use to build workbenches whose capabilities far exceed regular GUIs. The authors also introduce Draw2D and the Graphical Editing Framework, which enable developers to create full graphical editors, similar to those used in CAD and software modeling. With this book readers also learn how to combine SWT elements with objects from Microsoft's popular Component Object Model (COM) to build powerful user interfaces.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Matthew Scarpino, Stephen Holder, Stanford Ng, and Laurent Mihalkovic together have a rich and varied background from work on applications for reconfigurable computing, financial management, and enterprise development.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Manning Publications is a publisher of high-quality technology books for software developers and managers. Manning is based in Greenwich, CT. For a review copy, please contact Helen Trimes at hetr@manning.com.
SWT/JFace in Action
ISBN 1932394-27-3
By Matthew Scarpino, Stephen Holder, Stanford Ng, and Laurent Mihalkovic
Softbound, 496 pages, $44.95, December 2004
Ebook $22.50