What is AWT?
Abstract Window Toolkit, AWT is a set of APIs, called Java Foundation Classes that are used by Java developers so they can create graphical user interface objects such as buttons scroll bars, and windows. These JFCs are a comprehensive set of GUI class libraries that make it easier to develop the user interface part of an application program. Using Simplicity tools allows you to grab an AWT component, or an extension of AWT called SWING and drag it onto a working GUI model. Using SWING allows a programmer to create generalized GUI objects that are independent of a specific operating system’s windowing system.