Position buttons problem

Question

Hi all i just started java couple of days ago and im stuck on how to position my buttons on screen. I cant seem to position the button to the bottom of my screen lined up in rows. Also how can i insert an image area in the middle?
Thx people for your help
import javax.swing.*;         
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class SwingApplication implements ActionListener {
    private static String labelPrefix = "Number of questions answered: ";
    private int numClicks = 0;
    final JLabel label = new JLabel(labelPrefix + "0    ");
    //Specify the look and feel to use.  Valid values:
    //null (use the default), "Metal", "System", "Motif", "GTK+"
    final static String LOOKANDFEEL = null;
    public Component createComponents() {
        JButton AnswerButton = new JButton("Answer");
        JButton Submit = new JButton("Sumbit");
         JButton button = new JButton("Next Question");
        JTextField AnswerText = new JTextField("");
        button.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_I);
        button.addActionListener(this);
        label.setLabelFor(button);
         * An easy way to put space between a top-level container
         * and its contents is to put the contents in a JPanel
         * that has an "empty" border.
        JPanel pane = new JPanel(); //(new GridLayout(0, 1));
        pane.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,3)) ; //2 rows, 3 columns
        pane.add(button);
        pane.add(label);                     
        pane.add(AnswerText);                             
        pane.add(AnswerButton);   
        pane.add(Submit);    
        pane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(
                                        300, //top
                                        300, //left
                                        300, //bottom
                                        300) //right
        return pane;
    }

Answer 1

these links might help
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/visual.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/GUI/AWTLayoutMgr/shortcourse.html
then try this
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class SwingApplication extends JFrame
  String labelPrefix = "Number of questions answered: ";
  JLabel label = new JLabel(labelPrefix + "0    ");
  public SwingApplication()
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setLocation(300,200);
    setSize(400,300);
    JButton answerButton = new JButton("Answer");
    JButton submit = new JButton("Sumbit");
    JButton button = new JButton("Next Question");
    JTextField answerText = new JTextField("");
    JPanel pane = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,3));
    pane.add(button);
    pane.add(label);
    pane.add(answerText);
    pane.add(answerButton);
    pane.add(submit);
    getContentPane().add(pane,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    JLabel forImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("Test.gif"));
    getContentPane().add(forImage,BorderLayout.CENTER);
  public static void main(String[] args){new SwingApplication().setVisible(true);}
}