Swing for Jython: Graphical Jython UI and Scripts Development using Java Swing and WebSphere Application Server

by Robert Gibson

Overview

This book shows you how to use Swing to add a GUI to your Jython scripts, with an emphasis on the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin utility. In fact, we're going to teach you Swing using Jython, and we're going to do it in a way that, hopefully, that makes your scripts easier for people to use, more robust, more understandable, and therefore easier to maintain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484208175
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Robert A. (Bob) Gibson is an Advisory Software Engineer with decades of experience in numerous software-related roles at IBM, including Architect, Developer, Tester, Instructor, and Technical Support. While providing technical support for the IBM's WebSphere Application Server product, he was the primary author for WebSphere Application Server Administration Using Jython which was published by IBM Press. He is currently a member of the IBM technical support team responsible for the IBM MQ product on distributed platforms. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

1. Components and Containers

2. Interactive Sessions vs. Scripts

3. Building a Simple Global Security Application

4. Button up! Using Buttonsand Labels

5. Picking a Layout Manager Can Be A Pane

6. Using text input fields

7. Other Input Components

8. Selectable Input Components

9. Lists

10. Menus

11. Using Trees to Show the Forest

12. Motion to Take from the Table

13. Keystrokes, Actions and Bindings

14. Event of The Year (Events Handling)

15. Nuts to Soup

16. Conversing with a User with Dialog Boxes

17. Specialized Dialog Boxes

18. Monitoring and Indicating Progress

19. Internal Frames

20. Graphical Help Application

21. A Security Configuration Report Application

22. WASports - A WebSphere Port Application