Filthy Rich Clients

Rich clients is a term commonly associated with desktop applications as opposed to web client apps which run off of a server. Rich client applications have a very "rich" user experience, taking advantage of native facilities of the users desktop computer to provide more robust and full-featured application experience. "Filthy Rich Clients" is a term the authors created to refer to applications that are so graphically rich that they ooze cool. The keys to these clients are graphical and animated effects that provide ways of enhancing the user experience of the application through more attractive GUIs and dynamic effects. This book is about building better, more effective and cooler desktop application using Java tools. Graphical effects, especially animated ones, can be overdone creating an application that would overload the senses. The authors show how to enrich the graphics and animate effectively, making sure to enrich applications in sensible ways. Designed to be informal, fun and most of all, useful, this book is great for any developer working with Java to build desktop applications.Filthy Rich Clients refers to ultra-graphically rich applications that ooze cool. They suck the user in from the outset and hang on to them with a death grip of excitement. Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java® Applications shows you how to build better, more effective, cooler desktop applications that intensify the user experience.The keys to Filthy Rich Clients are graphical and animated effects. These kinds of effects provide ways of enhancing the user experience of the application through more attractive GUIs, dynamic effects that give your application a pulse, and animated transitions that keep your user connected to the logical flow of the application. The book also discusses how to do so effectively, making sure to enrich applications in sensible ways.In-depth coverage includesGraphics and GUI fundamentals: Dig deep into the internals of how Swing and Java 2D work together to display GUI applications onscreen. Learn how to maximize the flexibility of these libraries and use them most effectively. Performance: Follow in-depth discussions and tips throughout the book that will help you write high-performing GUI applications. Images: Understand how images are created and used to make better Java applications. Advanced graphics: Learn more about elements of Swing and Java 2D that are of particular benefit to Filthy Rich Clients. Animation: Discover general concepts of animation, as well as how to use the facilities provided in the Java platform. Learn new utility libraries that vastly simplify animations in Java. Effects: Learn how to create, customize, and use static and animated effects-the mainstays of Filthy Rich Clients.Code examples illustrate key concepts, and the book's companion Web site, http://filthyrichclients.org, includes extensive demos, utility libraries, additional information on related technologies, and more. Informal, fun, and, most of all, useful, this book is great for any developer working with Java to build desktop applications.