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Thread: Need help in creating new simple java GUI with rectangle, square, moving object, etc.

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    Default Need help in creating new simple java GUI with rectangle, square, moving object, etc.

    Hello, I'm new to this forum and completely new to java programming. I'm thinking of creating java GUI with the use of swing. But I'm completely lost. What I'm trying to do is to create a football field GUI. It goes like this:

    First, I want to create filled green color rectangle which will be used as the playing field which 800 pixels long by 400 pixels wide. A white rectangle outline will be used as boundary. The goal will be 200 pixels long. The ball will be 50 pixels wide. Then, a rectangle with red color will be used to represent players on the field and oval (with black color) will be used to represent ball. Next, I want to create a long rectangle with blue color which will be use as game timer and put it above the field.

    Here how it look like:
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    I have view some tutorials about Animate Circles, Bouncing Balls, Moving and Scaling, Re size Rectangle, Show Clock Timer, etc. But I'm clueless. So I really hope that this forum will not disappoint me.


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    Default Re: Need help in creating new simple java GUI with rectangle, square, moving object,

    Start by write a class that extends JFrame and adding a JPanel to it in which you will do the drawing.
    Override the JPanel's paintComponent method and add code to it to do the drawing.
    Do a simple drawing at first and add to it as you go along.

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    Default Re: Need help in creating new simple java GUI with rectangle, square, moving object,

    Alternatively to Norm's good advice, if you don't mind veering away from Java (only a little bit), you could try using Processing to create what you need, as with any other language of-course.
    It's basically Java, but with drawing made way simpler and quicker to produce. You basically focus on drawing instead of the layouts and frames.

    And of-course, if this is an Assignment or what-not, this might not be good advice, but something to look into if It's a personal project, maybe .


    If you're interested, KevinWorkman also produced a good read of Processing which you might want to take a look at.
    http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...rocessing.html
    Please use [highlight=Java]//code goes here...[/highlight] tags when posting your code

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    Default Re: Need help in creating new simple java GUI with rectangle, square, moving object,

    Thanks for the advice guys.. Right now I'm using Eclipse Helios with WindowBuilder. I've done the drawing but still struggling on the next step..

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