This project provides a step-by-step approach to instruction to equip you with fundamental concepts in Graphical User Interface (GUI) programming using JavaFX, from the ground up. Using jGRASP development environment, you will create a program that accepts as input your name and age, and upon clicking a button, display your name and your age. By creating this project, you will master the concepts of using labels, text fields, password text field, grid pane, buttons, and a button event in Java programming with the JavaFX framework.
Create your first GUI application in jGRASP using JavaFX
Taught in English
Instructor: Dr. Chao Mbogho
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What you'll learn
Use the JavaFX framework to create a simple GUI application where a user enters their name and age and clicks a button to output the details.
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Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Create the main application and grid pane
Create five labels
Create two text fields and one password field
Create two buttons
Create events for the buttons
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Knowledge in Java syntax and Object-Oriented Principles such as classes, objects, methods, inheritance, and abstraction.
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