Java GUI Swing Model Explanation

Question

I\'ve been working with Swing for a while now but the whole model/structure of JFrames, paint(), super, etc is all murky in my mind. I nee

Answer 1

I've found that simply browsing around in the source code (ctrl-click on a name if you're using NetBeans) has been really helpful. If I see a method appear in the completion dialog that I'm not familiar with, I'll just click "Go to source" and look around until I'm comfortable with it.