Author: Michael Yee
Date: 16:39:19 02/27/06
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On February 27, 2006 at 19:04:29, Mark Boylan wrote: > >Hi Christos, > >I've started implementing a board using straight Java2D. Then I thought, "why >not use a JTable?" I had it almost all working: drag & drop, ChessTableModel... >Then I discovered Apache Batik and I'm starting over again. Batik is an SVG >(Scalable Vector Graphics) library from the Apache XML Project that will let you >decribe your board and pieces in XML as vector art. You can create the artwork >in something like Illustrator and manipulate it in Java (or even in JavaScript). >It's like Flash on steroids. I'm envisioning pluggable symbol libraries, that >can be created in Illustrator or something similar to easily add new piece >shapes & board textures. I was able to throw together a really simple board on >Sunday afternoon just by following the examples in the documentation. > >http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/ > > - mark There's also Piccolo for zoomable guis (zuis): http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/jazz/ It looks really interesting, although I haven't tried it out yet myself. Michael
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