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# Beans Developer Kit (BDK) Overview

> In this lesson:

> Java Beans API [PENDING]

> Example programs [PENDING]

> BeanBox [PENDING]

> If you'd like to see how beens work in a simple builder tool before learning how to write a bean, you may want to skip ahead to Using BeanBox to Test Beans. There is nothing in this lesson which depends upon knowledge of Beans. In fact no code is displayed in the BeanBox lesson. That's the beauty of components and builder tools: Given a rich palette of components you can assemble sophisticated GUI applications without writing any Java code. Of course, you can always resort to modifying or writing new code to customize an application built with assembly tools, but often there is little need to do so.

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