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Cool! okay lemme try and take this beast apart and see what I can absorb.
Your help is appreciated!

Alright I have read all that info, and attempted to learn something from it but am not very successful.
I was really hoping someone could make a simple example.

something like a JFrame, a JPanel...

Will do, thanks a lot for the quick replies.

Yes, I am trying to get away from "code as you go" methodology.
I have done steps 1,2(in demo form as a standalone)
I have considered 3&4 and that's how I learned about listeners.

I have got a...

My program in many ways will be like a chess game program.
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Everything inside a JFrame
The JFrame will be split into 2 JPanels.
The only other objects will be mini JPanels I will call...