Appendix C: Related Web Sites/ Bibliography
Eastfork Object Space maintains a Swing related mailing list. The archive of that list and subscription information is at http://www.eos.dk/archive/swing/index.html.
The Swing Connection (http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-current/) is the Swing team's Web site, devoted to providing developers with the most up-to-date information about the JFC/Swing packages.
Here are some Swing related newsgroups: news:comp.lang.java, news:comp.lang.java.programmer, news:comp.lang.java.beans, news:comp.lang.java.gui.
There is a trail of JavaSoft's Java tutorial called Using the JFC/Swing Packages at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ui/swing/index.html by the Sun tutorial people.
JavaSoft's Java Developer Connection site (http://developer.javasoft.com) has a couple Swing courses from John Zukowski of MageLang Institute, Swing Short Course, Parts I and II. You have to register with the Java Developer Connection, it is free to do so, or go to http://java.miningco.com.
Sun has another site about JFC - Java Foundation Classes at http://java.sun.com/products/jfc.
JavaBeans Activation Framework (http://java.sun.com/beans/glasgow/jaf.html) encapsulates services.
There is an article about JFC in JavaWorld by Chihong Liang, Kevin Luo, and Tony Zhang, "JFC vs. AFC: Which GUI toolkit should you use?" at http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-1998/jw-02-afc.v.jfc.html.
IBM has some Java Education - White Papers, Tutorials, and Articles about accessibility, at http://www.ibm.com/java/education/papers-accessibility.html.
There is Java Accessibility Documentation at http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/accessibility/doc/index.html.
The Java 2D API guide is at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/2d/spec/j2d-bookTOC.doc.html
An Overview of Swing Architecture, Amy Fowler, "The Swing Connection -- Volume 2, No. 6" is at http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-static/swing_arch.html.
The Swing Text Package, Tim Prinzing, "The Swing Connection -- Volume 2, No. 6" at http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-current/text.html.
Threads and Swing, Hans Muller and Kathy Walrath, "The Swing Connection -- Volume 2, No.4" at http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-archive/threads.html.
The JDK 1.2 Documentation is at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/index.html.
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