Checkers game GUI

Question

I need help.
I know the basics of GUI programming.. i plan to use JBuilder's drag-and-drop development to create a checkers game for a software engineering class that i am taking at ASU. I have not played around with swing for about a year; i need help starting. How would i create a checkers layout? would i use a background image of a checkers board, or use some sort of grid layout?
any help to start creating a board game like a simple checkers game with JAVA would be helpful.
thankyou.
christian

Answer 1

This'll get you started;-
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Gridder extends Applet{
   public void init(){}
   public void paint(Graphics g){
      super.paint(g);
      int x = getWidth()/8;
      int y = getHeight()/8;
      int Xx=0, Yy=0;
         for(int ii=0; ii<8; ii++){
            for(int jj=0; jj<8; jj++){
               if((ii+jj) % 2 ==0) g.setColor(Color.gray);
               else g.setColor(Color.lightGray);
               g.fillRect(Xx,Yy,x,y);
               Xx+=x;
         Xx=0;
         Yy+=y;
      Xx=0;
      Yy=0;
      g.setColor(Color.white);
         for(int ii=0; ii<9; ii++){
            g.drawLine(Xx,0,Xx,getHeight());
            g.drawLine(0,Yy,getWidth(),Yy);
            Xx +=x;
            Yy +=y;
}