[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: GUI builder for new projects

[Dilton McGowan II <diltonm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:36:05 -0400, ns_dkerber wrote:

> In article <b5005dfa4c00baf07421391b3d708eb4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> frecklefoot@xxxxxxxxx says...
>> If that's all the GUI you have, it might be easy enough to code it by
>> hand.  It might be easier than trying to learn a new tool.  But if
>> "rolling your own" isn't your cup of tea, a visual editor might be the
>> way to go.
> 
> That's certainly a possibility, as simple as our application's needs
> are.  Can you point me to a basic reference for getting started hand-
> coding a GUI?  I've done a bit (though not a lot) of searching with not
> much luck.
> 

Should you want to try SWT, this is a pretty good article, scroll
down to Step 4:
http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3330861