Documentation Solutions GUIKit Getting Started

Introduction

The Java toolkit J/Link introduced Mathematica users to a powerful new technology for Mathematica programs to access the functionality of Java classes and, in particular, the extensive class library of Java graphical user interfaces. GUIKit builds on this J/Link foundation by providing a higher-level Mathematica expression syntax for defining a graphical user interface along with a runtime environment for managing and deploying these reusable definitions.

GUIKit simplifies the construction and layout of common user interface programming and eliminates the need to write code using the underlying Java programming language. Mathematica users will find that GUIKit allows them to quickly define interfaces as Mathematica expressions and to program the logic of these user interfaces with familiar Mathematica programming language constructs.

GUIKit also expands on the set of tools available to existing J/Link and Java programmers by providing a reusable deployment model that easily integrates interface definitions into their existing Mathematica add-ons and to develop a library of reusable Mathematica-enhanced user interface widgets.