This tutorial guides you through the process of building a basic calculator application in Java using Swing, the popular GUI toolkit for Java. The application is created in the Eclipse IDE, and the steps include setting up the project, designing the user interface, implementing the functionality, and exporting the application as a JAR file.
You'll need to have Eclipse IDE installed on your computer to follow along. The main class of the calculator application is created, and Swing and AWT classes are imported. The UI components and variables for numbers and operations are declared. The constructor initializes and arranges the components, and the actionPerformed method handles button clicks and performs calculations. Finally, the calculator is made runnable within Eclipse and exported as a JAR file to run on any Windows computer with Java installed.
Building a calculator application in Java is a great way to learn GUI development with Swing and to explore the possibilities of creating desktop applications.
The tutorial encourages experimentation, such as adding advanced functions, improving the user interface, or exploring other Java GUI toolkits to expand the functionality of the calculator application.