This book on Java Swing is written in an easy to under manner. Unlike many other authors, I have taken great care in producing the codes, ensuring they are all functional. However, you need to install the Eclipse compiler and configure it before practicing the codes.
Coding is a fun and productive activity if you are not just reading it. I encourage you to take the code samples in the book, edit them per your choice, and run them in a compiler to see what output you can produce after the changes to the code. The more you do the edits, the better you will be at coding in Java Swing. This is one of the best languages to do front-end programming. You will enjoy it when you start producing the results of your choice.
This book is a bit different from others because all the complex codes contain comments that make it easy for you to understand why I wrote a line of code and what role it plays in the complete program. This is how you understand the functions of individual lines and learn in a more inactive way. Here is the list of the contents of the book.
Swing Introduction
Buttons & Checkbox creation
Boxes, Lists, and Tables for Front-end
Menus and Scrollbars
Message boxes
Panels, Panes, and Toolbars for Front-end
Sliders, Editor pane, Desktop pane, Tabbed pane
Tool bar creation & File Choosers for users
Grid layout, Box layout, Group layout, Scroll pane layout, Card layout
Internal framing