Desktop Java Live

Desktop Java Live is written for Java developers that have someexperience with desktop development and now want to take their skills tothe next level. The first seven chapters of the book cover core opensource libraries in areas such as threading, layout, data binding, andvalidation, which can drastically speed up the development of desktopapplications written in Swing. Each chapter features detailed codeexamples and images to walk the reader through the API being covered.Chapter 8 features a detailed discussion of how the MVC pattern and itsvariations (Presentation Model and Model View Presenter) can be used towrite cleaner more testable applications. The chapter then details theconstruction of an RSS reader using these concepts along with the API'scovered in earlier chapters. Upcoming chapters will address deployment, Java Web Start, GUI testing, and the SwingLabs (JDIC and JDNC) components.