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                   ARTICLES IN THIS SECTION 
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                | Component 
                  Gallery: 
                  A pictorial promenade through the Swing Component set.  | 
              
               
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                   Getting 
                    Started with Swing: An introductory three-part article 
                    for people who are new to Swing or want to refresh their memories. 
                    This article has three parts:  
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                    The 
                      Basics: 
                      Introduces the basic fundamentals of Swing and Swing technology. 
                   
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                    Introducing 
                      Swing Architecture: 
                      How Swing Components are designed. 
                   
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                    Creating 
                      a Swing Applet: 
                      A tutorial you can follow to build your own applet using 
                      Swing. 
                   
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                | Swing-AWT 
                  Compatibility Page: 
                  A comparative chart listing the mix-and-match compatibilities 
                  of all known versions of Java® 2, previous versions of the 
                  JDK, and Swing. | 
              
               
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                   ARCHIVED "WHAT IS SWING?" ARTICLES 
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                | Introducing 
                  Swing: 
                  An older, longer article that contains much of the information 
                  presented in "Getting 
                  Started with Swing," along with some extra details. | 
              
               
                | The 
                  Swing Tool Set: 
                  An article that lists and describes all the components in The 
                  Swing Set and shows how they work with each other. This article 
                  also provides valuable (and up-to-date) information about the 
                  packages in the Swing API. | 
              
               
                | Understanding 
                  Swing Architecture: A comprehensive overview of Swing's 
                  modified MVC structure and demystifies many other facets of 
                  Swing component architecture as well. | 
              
               
                | Installing 
                  a UI Delegate: 
                  The essential machinery for managing Swing´s pluggable look-and-feel 
                  capabilities is encapsulated into an object called the UI delegate. 
                  This page is a fold-out chart that shows how to install and 
                  uninstall a UI delegate. |