computer science: awt
create a color using
3 integers from 0 to 255 for red, green, and blue.
awt stands for
Abstract Windowing Toolkit
awt doesn't follow
MVC
grid layout
arrange components into a set number of rows and columns
border layout
arrange into five separate areas: center, north, south, east, west
layouts
choose how java will arrange the components in a JPanel
awt components are heavyweight
components
flow layout
default layout, arranges one component after another
awt is old
framework for creating GUIs
more code is needed to
implement awt controls functionally
awt components require
java.awt.package
awt supports
limited number of GUI controls
create a font using a given
name, style, and size
Color color3
new Color(0, 0, 0); // black
Color color6
new Color(0, 0, 255); // blue
Color color5
new Color(0, 255, 0); // green
Color color8
new Color(0, 255, 255); // cyan-teal
Color color2
new Color(127, 127, 127); // gray
Color color4
new Color(255, 0, 0); // red
Color color9
new Color(255, 0, 255); // magenta-purple
Color color7
new Color(255, 255, 0); // yellow
Color color1
new Color(255, 255, 255); // white
Font font1
new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 25);
Font font2
new Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 50);
Font font3
new Font("Verdana", Font.ITALIC, 30);
awt doesn't support
pluggable look and feel
awt programs are not
portable
null layout
programmer must choose x and y coordinates for all components
