Inspired by the bestselling "Java in a Nutshell," "Netscape IFC in a Nutshell" is a quick reference and programmer's guide to the Internet Foundation Classes (Version 1.1) from Netscape. This book contains all the documentation Java programmers need to start creating highly customizable, great looking graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for their Java applets and applications. In addition to the complete and thorough quick reference, "Netscape IFC in a Nutshell" also contains more than 20 tutorial-style, example-based chapters that introduce each of the features and GUI components of the IFC. These features include: A "Pure Java" platform-independent, customizable look-and-feel, with a complete suite of GUI componentsIntra-application drag-and-dropMulti-font formatted text display, with a built-in HTML parserPre-defined color, font, and file-selection dialog boxesTimer objects that simplify animation by replacing threadsConstructor, an interface builder application freely available from Netscape The IFC 1.1 library is freely available on the Internet, for use in any Java application or with any Java-capable Web browser, and is bundled with Netscape's Navigator 4.0 Web browser, making it the ideal, and preferred, development library for that platform.The Netscape IFC classes documented in this book will strongly influence the development of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC), under development by Sun, Netscape, IBM, and others. The JFC will reportedly merge IFC technology with Sun's AWT GUI toolkit. Although the JFC will eventually supersede the IFC, the IFC is a powerful class library, is available"now," and is a very useful and stable predecessor to the JFC. Developers, particularly those targeting the Navigator 4.0 platform, should begin right away to take advantage of the advanced GUI features of the IFC, secure in the knowledge that Netscape will provide a migration path to the JFC, when it eventually becomes available. Experience now with the IFC will give programmers a head-start on the JFC.
- ISBN10 156592343X
- ISBN13 9781565923430
- Publish Date 4 February 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 November 1999
- Publish Country US
- Imprint O'Reilly Media
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 355
- Language English