Day 1

8.44 am Achievement
woke up at 7.30, the first two GUI Components i mastered:
The Button and The Label.
here's my first Button+Label xD

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Button extends JFrame

{ static private JButton button; static private JLabel label;

 public Button()

 {super("Buttoning");

  Container c=getContentPane();

  c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
  label=new JLabel("Will you marry me?");
  c.add(label);

  button=new JButton("Yes");

  c.add(button);

  ButtonHandler handler = new ButtonHandler();

  button.addActionListener(handler);

  setSize(275, 100);

  show();

 }

  public static void main (String[] args)

 {new Button().addWindowListener(

  new WindowAdapter()

  {public void WindowClosing(WindowEvent e)

   {System.exit(0);}

  }

  );

 }

 private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener

 {public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

  {if(e.getActionCommand()=="Yes") System.out.println("JK LOL");}

 }

}

on to JLists now.

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11.59am achievement 

JList and setBackground conquered!

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class List extends JFrame
{JList colourList; Container c;
String colours[]={"yellow", "red", "blue", "orange", "black"};
Color coloursPaint[]={Color.yellow, Color.red, Color.blue, Color.orange, Color.black};
public List()
{c= getContentPane();
c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
colourList=new JList(colours);
colourList.setVisibleRowCount(3);
colourList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
c.add(new JScrollPane(colourList));
setSize(350, 150);
show();
colourList.addListSelectionListener(
new ListSelectionListener()
{public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e)
{c.setBackground(coloursPaint[colourList.getSelectedIndex()]);}
}
);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{new List().addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter()
{public void close(WindowEvent e) {System.exit(0);}}
);
}
}

i shall go read a good book now.