Question about programming style

[Greg Ferguson]

When creating a gui application or an applet, is there a standard about the best way to set up the code? For example, is it better to layout the code like this?

public void init()
{
    setLayout(null);
		
    output = new JTextField("This is a textfield", 100);
    output.setBounds(0, 0, 100, 50);
    add(output);
		
    one = new JButton("1");
    one.setBounds(5, 40, 50, 50);
    add(one);
		
    two = new JButton("2");
    two.setBounds(65, 40, 50, 50);
    add(two);	
}

or like this:

public void init() 
{
    setLayout(null);
		
    output = new JTextField("This is a textfield", 100);
    one = new JButton("1");
    two = new JButton("2");
		
    output.setBounds(0, 0, 100, 50);
    one.setBounds(5, 40, 50, 50);
    two.setBounds(65, 40, 50, 50);
		
    add(output);
    add(one);
    add(two);	
}

[Gaurangkumar Khalasi]

Don't know about the standard but prefer this one...

Buenny Fry wrote:

public void init()
{
    setLayout(null);
		
    output = new JTextField("This is a textfield", 100);
    output.setBounds(0, 0, 100, 50);
    add(output);
		
    one = new JButton("1");
    one.setBounds(5, 40, 50, 50);
    add(one);
		
    two = new JButton("2");
    two.setBounds(65, 40, 50, 50);
    add(two);	
}

[dennis deems]

I can think of good reasons to prefer either. I'm not aware of a standard though. The important thing is to be consistent.

[Rob Spoor]

I prefer the solution that uses a proper layout manager

[Jordan D. Williams]

Rob Spoor wrote:I prefer the solution that uses a proper layout manager

What do you mean by that? (A beginner Java guy here...)

Thank you.

[Rob Spoor]

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/index.html

[Greg Ferguson]

Thanks for your replies. I wasn't sure if there was a standard, but I definitely agree about being consistent with whichever style is chosen. And thanks for that informative link Rob. I've already run into how complex using layout managers can be -- especially when you start combining them -- but that site helped me understand them better.

[Rob Spoor]

You're welcome