1. Graphical User Interface - Layout and Design
Learning Objectives
You will be able...
• ...to explain what a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is and what it is good for.
• ...to design a Graphical User Interface for an interactive map.
Introduction
Don't you think that it is easier to click on a button to initialise a computer action than typing specific commands in a
command line? Surely, if you are a computer expert you would say that the command line is more comfortable but if you
are a beginner you would agree that clicking on buttons is the easier way to handle the computer's actions. That is why
Graphical User Interfaces were invented. They ease the handle of computer programs.