Anatomy of a GUI (Graphical User Interface): Application for Rexx Programmers (article)

Rony G. Flatscher

Anatomy of a GUI (Graphical User Interface): Application for Rexx Programmers (article)

Rony G. Flatscher

Institute for Information Systems and Society

Publication: Chapter in book/Conference proceeding › Contribution to conference proceedings

Abstract

Creating for the first time GUI (graphical user interface) applications is an endeavor that can be most challenging. This article introduces the general concepts of GUIs and the need to interact with GUI elements only on the so called "GUI thread". The concepts pertain to GUI applications written for Windows, Linux and MacOS alike.

Using Java libraries for creating Rexx GUI applications makes these Rexx GUI applications totally platform independent. Taking advantage of BSF4ooRexx even the powerful JavaFX GUI libraries can be exploited by pure Rexx, allowing Rexx programmers to create the most demanding and complex GUI applications in an unparalleled easiness in an astonishing short period of time.

The introduced GUI concepts will be demonstrated with short nutshell examples exploiting the JavaFX GUI libraries, empowering the Rexx programmers with the ability to create stable and error free GUI applications in Rexx.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 RexxLa International Rexx Language Symposium Proceedings
Editors	René Vincent Jansen
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Rexx Language Association
Pages	180-220
Number of pages	41
ISBN (Print)	9789464857160
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2018 - 29th Annual Rexx Symposium - Aruba, Aruba, Dutch West Indies, Netherlands Duration: 25 Mar 2018 → 29 Mar 2018

Publication series

Series	RexxLA Symposium Proceedings Series
ISSN	1534-8954

Conference

Conference	2018 - 29th Annual Rexx Symposium
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Aruba, Dutch West Indies
Period	25/03/18 → 29/03/18

Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)

102
102015 Information systems
102022 Software development
502050 Business informatics
102014 Information design

Keywords

GUI
Java
awt
swing
JavaFX
ooRexx
BSF4ooRexx

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2018 RexxLa International Rexx Language Symposium Proceedings. ed. / René Vincent Jansen. Amsterdam: Rexx Language Association, 2023. p. 180-220 (RexxLA Symposium Proceedings Series).

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