swing along

I've been working with JFC/Swing, the set of GUI class libraries for Java programmers and it's been a rather interesting experience (but don't get me started on putting buttons inside table cells...that was easier done in MFC. If you're starting out with Swing and have some issues with Java (like I do), here are a couple of references that you will like to have by your side: Java Cookbook and Graphic Java 2, Volume 2: Swing (third edition). Anything else won't help you navigate the bumps on the road.