IDE's and Action listners

Hi,

I have just started with Java, and I am haveing trouble with action listners. I understand how to add a button to a container. I am then able to add the actionlistner, but I do not know what method it calls when an action occurs.

Does anyone know whee I can find a list of all/most possible actions for labels/buttons/etc. and what methods they call?

Also what IDE does anyone use (if any)?

JBuilder is the best if you have the resources to run it smoothly

No way I like visual cafe better but it is pricey.

my friend uses notepad and a command line compiler :)

I find myself somewhat torn between using an IDE and just coding in plain old notpad. I just code in notepad because i think it makes you a better programmer. Either you know what method you want to call or you dont. No so called "code complete" or "Intelsense" to coddle you. Honestly if FORTE's memory requirements werent so high 128Mb then i might use it but i dont see upgrading my memory by 64Mb speeding up FORTE, it's just too dam slow.

If you want so information on Action Listenters try this link out.
look to the left for "The really Big index" off of that link there is alot of Java information.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html

Here is a snippet of code from an app i have that implements a ActionListener interface. Remember if you implement an interface
then you have to provide implemetaion for every method declaration within the interface. If you extend(subclass) an adapter class then all you have to do is override the particular method needed.



import java.awt.event.*;

class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev){
String LayoutManager = ev.getActionCommand();
System.out.println(LayoutManager);
}
}

If you wanted to add this to a button then you would use the componets (Jbutton) addActionListener() method.

For instance......

import java.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class test{
public static void main(String [] args){

JButton jb = new JButton();
jb.addActionListener(new ButtonHandler());

}
}

i can see where using notepad can make you a better programmer, because it forces you to memorise things.

-BTW Dilenger4, how did you get your avatar so big?

I wish i could tell you but i have no clue :confused:

Thanks for the replys.

I tried Visual Cafe, I found the 110MB file free for download on the website, and it seems OK. I also tried Forte, and I see what you mean, it is slow with 64MB Memory.

As for notepad, it there a notepad that has syntax highlighting and error correction, just like an IDE, but without the help to add buttons etc?

I use notepad with a dos shell command line. But if I recall, Textpad has color syntax highlighting. Textpad also made it easier to find the offending line of an error.

Has anyone tried JBuilder 5? I have only used 3, 3.5, and 4

This is a really good text editor that i used to use in school.
for 30 bucks i think it is well worth it especially you like to code in a non IDE enviorment but want syntax highlighting and other features that are not present in notepad. enjoy!

http://www.editplus.com/

cool. too bad linux has a lot of editors like that for free though :(