Building Application with Forms

Well I know how to create command line application with
public static void main(String[] args)... as main argument..
I am searching for a guide to tell me the BASICS of creating forms, text boxes and buttons .. etc
Please can you guide me and tell me where to start. Any tutorials would be helpful, where should I read guides for an absolute newbie ?
Thanks

You need to bookmark the Java Tutorials. Go through the index and there is a section about GUIs, with lots and lots of subsections.

You would still usually start off your application from the command line, however.

thanks a lot, I started building GUI applications. I have 2 questions:
1) Is it good to use NetBeans IDE ? I used to use eclipse but its much easier to use Netbeans for GUI... (drag and drop)
2) Can you please tell me how to trigger Form_Load ? I want to hide some components when the application starts, but I cant figure out where to place the code that is triggered when the Form is loaded...

Eclipse and NetBeans are both perfectly good applications. I prefer Eclipse, but lots of people prefer NetBeans. Be aware that the drag'n'drop interface creates its own style of code inside a method (I think init()) which is different from what you get when you code by hand.

I'm fairly new to this, so is it worse to use drag and drop ? why ?
And can you answer the question about Form_Load?

Not familiar with Form_Load.

Most people think it is worthwhile learning what the code underlying the drag'n'drop is first. That's probably as far as it goes.

Anybody else's opinions welcomed, please.