Today I decided to make a Currency Converter using GUI - Java.✨ The program converts any amount of dollars to euros or euros to dollars. In my program 1 USD = 0.84 EUR.💸
The amount box was made with TextField.
Both ComboBoxes have two options: EUR and USD.
The hardest part for me was to make a perfect "Convert" button because I haven't done many exercises using GUI. My goal was that if you press the button then another window will pop up and tells you the answer. I achieved my goal using EventHandler.
Do I recommend this exercise for beginners?📚 For sure! I think it's so fun and I learned so much while doing this exercise.
To step up the game next time when I try to make a converter I will try to do BTC (live price) to USD. Think it's more advanced but doable.
What's the source code for this? Does it take live price data?
No, it doesn't. As it was my first time making a converter I just made fixed rates. If "from" ComboBox equals EUR and "to" equals USD then total = amount * 1.19. If "to" ComboBox equals USD and "to" equals EUR then total = amount * 0.84. Next time I try to get live price data.