Creating the ColorSwitch Application

This short tutorial guides you through the process of creating an application called ColorSwitch. You will build a simple program that enables you to switch the color of a panel from light gray to medium gray to black.

During the process of creating ColorSwitch, you will learn how to do these tasks:

  1. Create a container from a template and place it in a project
  2. Add components to a container, edit the component properties, and create connections between the components
  3. Edit Java source code
  4. Compile and run an application
  5. View the class hierarchy, if desired
  6. Step through source code using the debugger

This tutorial takes less than an hour to complete.

Next:  Creating a Container

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