Java UI Designer

Java UI : Effects for Controlling UI Object Access

Most graphical user interface (GUI) libraries forbid accessing UI elements from threads other than the UI event loop thread. Violating this requirement leads to a program crash or an inconsistent UI. Unfortunately, such errors are all too common in GUI programs. We present a polymorphic type and effect system that prevents non-UI threads from accessing UI objects or invoking UI-thread-only meth...

Overview of Java UI Toolkits and SWT/JFace

Window Toolkit The first version of Java, released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, enabled you to create programs on one platform and deliver the products to other Java-supported systems without worrying about the local environment — ”Write Once, Run Anywhere.” Most early Java programs were fancy animation applets running in Web browsers. The underlying windowing system supporting those applets wa...

ClientJS: Migrating Java UI Clients to HTML 5 and JavaScript - An Experience Report

We were tasked with migrating an existing web based Java applet User Interface (UI) to a UI solution based on HTML 5 and JavaScript. This new UI addresses problems with multiple browsers, Java Runtime Environments (JREs), and operating system incompatibilities and allows for display on mobile devices that do not support JRE. This report briefly describes the approach we used for the ClientJS pr...

‘Designer’ babies

The remaining hurdle to the creation of babies specifically to save the life of an ailing brother or sister was removed in Britain last month by the fertility regulatory body to the delight of afflicted families and alarm of those who fear the advent of a 'designer' baby age. The decision of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gives new hope to the parents of a two-year-old bo...

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