Ummmmmm

[Sophtware]

I just started JAVA and am using jdk1.2 and the notepad to make my java programs...but the only output i see is from the DOS window..so how do i make visual java programs with jdk1.2 and my notepad? or do i have to get something like
Visual cafe or the late VJ++?
Thanks.

[noone]

You can make GUI programs using Notepad but sometimes it is easier with an IDE. To create GUIs you have to use AWT or Swing (JFC). What book/tutorial are you reading? It probably has a section on AWT or Swing.

cool, do you happen to have any links for this offhand?

my book only covers java for dos. :(

[noone]

There are probably hundreds if not thousands of tutorials on the net, here are few, hope they help.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/index.html
http://home.att.net/~baldwin.dick/Intro/Java017.htm

[parksie]

JBuilder Foundation does this, and is free to download from borland. It is a bit slow though.

[Sophtware]

The book i have is my college programming book..it's just called Java programming and it does have a section on AWT.
I saw the tutorial on sun's site and it described how to make a java applet..but thats all.

Is those visual tools that all of you have mentioned just as good as j++? as far as making forms and having buttons, or is that only for c++ and vb?

[noone]

I can't really tell you because I've never tried VJ++ but JBuilder Foundation is one of the best IDEs I've used for any language.

[parksie]

I agree.

Sophtware - JBuilder Foundation uses Swing rather than AWT for most of the applets it makes.

[noone]

JBuilder itself is built using Swing components isnt it?

[parksie]

I know that JBuilder Foundation is, I'm not sure about the normal JBuilder. I think that's C++.