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POMVC-design and displaying arrays using Swing/Graphics in Java
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copied!<p>I'm working on a small Chess game and think I'm almost done with the basic model and ready to start writing the GUI.</p> <p>What I've been wondering for a long time is that if the Chess board is represented by a Square array of [8][8], and I create a method to draw a square and somehow establish a relation between that method and the Square model, will I then magically have a visual Chess board?</p> <p>I mean, say that a square is 10x10 pix, does that mean that the first element (represented by a square) will begin at (0, 0), element two at (10, 0), element/square nine at (0, 10) etc? When I checked out Graphics2D I noticed that the method to draw a rectangle requires x and y coordinates, what do I do if I want the position to depend on the array element?</p> <p>Or I am going to have to write down the coordinates of each square on the board?</p> <p>Another thing that has been bothering me is whether it's [row][column] or [column][row]? I've been using [column][row] in my code since it seems right if you think of it as (x, y). When you move up and down you change the row, = y, etc.</p> <p>I've been trying to google around to find out how to apply the MVC-design, what to think about, do's an dont's, etc. The only thing I know this far is that model = data logic, view = gui and control = interaction, the conclusion is that either I'm bad at googling or there isn't any good information targeted at beginners regarding MVC.</p> <p>Mainly I don't really understand the relation between M, V and C.</p>

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