We will use the NetBeans IDE GUI builder, which makes user interface creation a simple matter of drag and drop. Its GUI will be basic, focusing on only a subset of the available Swing components. The goal of this lesson is to introduce the Swing API by designing a simple application that converts temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit. It provides valuable information about downloading and installing the JDK and NetBeans IDE.
If you have not yet read the above lesson, please take a moment to do so now. It offers many advantages over coding with a text editor we recommend its use whenever possible. 'Hello World!' lesson, the NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source, cross-platform integrated development environment with built-in support for the Java programming language. This lesson provides an introduction to Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming with Swing and the NetBeans IDE.
