BSKit - The Baco Swing Kit

BSKit is a comprehensive Java Swing library designed to simplify the development of rich and modern desktop applications. It provides a wide range of custom components, utilities, and a lightweight application framework to speed up your development process.

Features

BSKit comes packed with features to help you build beautiful and functional user interfaces:

Rich Component Library

• Advanced Text Fields: Includes specialized fields for dates (BSDateField), money (BSMoneyField), numbers (BSNumberField), and time (BSTimeField).
• Autocomplete ComboBox: A combo box (BSAutoCompleteComboBox) with built-in autocomplete functionality.
• Modern Boolean Switch: A sleek toggle switch (BSBoolSwitch) as a modern alternative to checkboxes.
• Navigation Components: A breadcrumb component (BSBreadcrumb) for easy navigation.
• Enhanced Tables: A filterable table (BSFilteredTable) and a table with groupable headers (BSGroupableTableHeader).
• Stylish Panels: A panel with rounded corners (BSRoundedPanel) for a modern look.
• Search Fields: A dedicated search text field (BSSearchTextField).
• Advanced Password Field: A more secure and user-friendly password widget (BSPasswordWidget).

Application Framework

• Application Core: A simple application framework (BSCoreFactory) to manage the application lifecycle.
• Session Management: Built-in session management (BSSessionManager) to handle user sessions.
• Dialogs and Windows: A set of pre-built dialogs (BSDlgError, BSDlgInfo, etc.) for common interactions.
• Animated Containers: Components like BSAnimatedSplit to create fluid user experiences.

Data Management

• Bean-based Table Models: Easily populate tables from your Java objects using BSBeanTableModel.
• Scaffolding: (Experimental) Automatically generate UI from your data models using annotations.

Look and Feel

• Theming: Easily customizable look and feel using the JTattoo library.

Getting Started

Using with Maven

To use BSKit in your project, add the following dependency to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.baco.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>BSKit</artifactId>
  <version>4.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

Note: BSKit may not be available in public Maven repositories. You might need to configure your settings.xml to point to the appropriate repository, or build the project from source and install it locally.

Building from Source

You can also build BSKit from the source code.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd BSKit

2. Build with Maven:

   mvn clean install

   This will build the project and install the JAR file in your local Maven repository.

Running the Demo

BSKit includes a demo application that showcases its features. To run the demo:

1. Make sure you have built the project from source as described above.

2. Run the BSMainDemo class from your IDE or using the following Maven command:

   mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.baco.ui.demo.BSMainDemo"

This will launch the demo application, where you can see the various components and features in action.