What is the Java AWT?
The AWT is Java’s Abstract Windows Toolkit, the set of classes by which you can develop code once and instantly port it to many platforms. To utilize the AWT, import it in the beginning of the project using import java.awt.*. This will give you TextComponents, Buttons, Scrollbars, Canvas, CheckBoxes, Lists, and Labels, for instance. Microsoft Visual J++’s recently announced Application Foundation Classes (AFC) work as an extension of the AWT, bringing the Java development environment closer to Microsoft Visual C++ with it’s Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) libraries.
