Before You Start

Before You Start

Before you start designing or coding your application, you need to plan for many issues that will affect its design and configuration. The following issues warrant particular attention.

Planning Issue

Description

GUI toolkit support

Determine what GUI toolkit your application will support.

For more information, see Configuring GUI Toolkit Support.

Accessibility

Your application can offer accessible features for users with disabilities with the optional Accessibility module. The Accessibility module provides support for both the Java Accessibility API and the industry-leading JAWS for Windows screen-reading software.

For more information, see Accessibility.

Deployment

Your application design may depend on how your application will be deployed, such as with Java Web Start, as a stand-alone application, or as a component within an enterprise application.

For more information, see Deployment Considerations.

Planning Issue	Description
GUI toolkit support	Determine what GUI toolkit your application will support. For more information, see Configuring GUI Toolkit Support.
Accessibility	Your application can offer accessible features for users with disabilities with the optional Accessibility module. The Accessibility module provides support for both the Java Accessibility API and the industry-leading JAWS for Windows screen-reading software. For more information, see Accessibility.
Deployment	Your application design may depend on how your application will be deployed, such as with Java Web Start, as a stand-alone application, or as a component within an enterprise application. For more information, see Deployment Considerations.