I made this in Photoshop and I plan to use it for my file sharing application:
I was wondering if it was possible to create GUI for my application that is gonna have this look and feel.
If I can't build it only by using eclipse or NetBeans, are there any other tools that could help me?
It's possible. But for most Java developers, it would require suppressing the gag reflex at such an ugly interface.
Here's a Java interface I wrote using no tools other than vi. I didn't design it, I just took the artists design, held my nose, and implemented it.
As for specifics, I'd suggest doing as much of the look and feel through the pluggable look and feel in Swing. Also, use LayoutManagers rather than making things constant sizes in constant locations, so that things can grow and shrink to different screen resolutions and also so that if you translate things you don't end up having to resize all your text labels and then shuffling everything else around.
Oh dear, no-no-no! If you want your users' eyes to bleed, then go for it. Otherwise, follow whatever UI guidelines appropriate for your platform.
To answer your question: this is certainly doable in any modern windowing system.
Here's what generally happens when programmers design UIs:
You can and even you can change it dynamically - see Look-n-Feel feature of swing
You'll have to create a lot of custom JComponents. Other than that, possible.
It is very possible using Swing.
Check out the NetBeans GUI Builder
Well thats very much possible, although alot of Java Swing developers might not agree with the UI in the image. perhaps rightly so.
Although to make it very possible try looking at JWindow, JTable, ImageIcon, Dimension, JProgressBar. You will also need ample of understanding for Java Layouts, and Events such as MouseEvents, ActionEvents.
Hope that helps.
Creating new LaF is too much. Since all your JButtons are different, just use JButton.setIcon() and JButton.setPressedIcon() and use your images. The rest is loading background and using strange fonts. Use Font.createFont() to load custom fonts. You'll probably have to draw your own JProgressbar. Override JProgressBar.paintComponent(Graphics g) and draw your own image.
I would recommend
for laying out components, it's very easy to grasp and is also way more powerful than the standard layout managers (and it's got a nice debugging mode, too).
Is not only possible but quite easy, you don't have to go all the way to create a custom Look and Feel.
This is what I've made in 20 minutes:
There is a lot of information on the web on how to customize the components without having to create a whole new L&F.
Understanding the Swing Architecture helps a lot.
Just in case you haven't read it the Swing Tutorial is here.
Finally you'll need the doc: Java doc
