FSWindow.java

package view;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class FSWindow {

	//please ignore all of this. It's mostly my reference code. I'm going to work on it later. 
	private JFrame mainFrame;
	private JLabel headerLabel;
	private JLabel statusLabel;
	private JPanel controlPanel;

	public FSWindow(){
		prepareGUI();
	}
	public static void main(String[] args){
		FSWindow  FSWindow = new FSWindow();      
		FSWindow.showButtonDemo();
	}
	private void prepareGUI(){
		mainFrame = new JFrame("Charity");
		mainFrame.getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(149, 32, 216));
		mainFrame.setSize(400,250);
		//need to set this to null and position everything manually
		mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));

		mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
				System.exit(0);
			}        
		});    

		headerLabel = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);       
		headerLabel.setFont(headerLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 16f));
		statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);    
		//new statuslabel of "10% of your whatever is XX dollars"
		statusLabel.setSize(350,100);

		controlPanel = new JPanel();
		controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
		controlPanel.setBackground(new Color(149, 32, 216));

		mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
		mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
		mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
		mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
	}

	private void showButtonDemo(){
		headerLabel.setText("Charity!"); 
		statusLabel.setText("Charity description");

		//resources folder should be inside SWING folder.

		JButton SomeButton = new JButton("SomeButton");         

		SomeButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}        
		});

		mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
	}
}