Thread: How to come up with this gui application involving list component?

Hello, I am learning Java on my own and I am taking on very small project by myself for fun, and I'm just stuck on this small part of the project.
So I have created a text file that contains a small list of toy names and prices, like:

Barbie, 12.95
Lego, 15.99
Hot Wheels, 5.00
Power Rangers, 6.49

And what I would like is my application to read the contents of the file and store the toy names in a list component. And then I want to be able to select a toy name from the list and add it
to a shopping cart that is a list component as well. I want to the application to have menu items and buttons to allow me to remove items from the shopping cart, clear the shopping cart of all
selections, and check out. When I check out, the application should calculate and display the subtotal of all the toy names in the shopping cart, the sales tax (which can just be 8 percent of
the subtotal), and the total.

Please help create this simple application example I've just made up, and I'm going to add and use this example to create a bigger application myself. I truly appreciate it. Thank you!

Welcome to the forum!

What's the small part you're stuck on? What code do you have?

Hello there! This is the small part of a pretty big project that I am working on. So I am just stuck on where to begin which such application, because I was just planning to reference this to create a similar application but with my twist to it.

What's preventing you from starting? I don't know what your question is. Do you know Java? Do you know Swing? Perhaps you should start with reading the data from the file and store that in an appropriate class, like Product or Toy, rather than storing in a "list component." But maybe that's what you do know how to do, and you're stuck on the next thing, or the next thing after that. We have no idea what you need help with until you tell us. Otherwise, we're faced with talking you through the whole project, and that's more than most will do.

Think about which part of the project you need help with and ask specific questions. Since it's an exercise you've created to learn Java, just get going with it and come back when you really need help