partially finished checkers canvas

src/model/Game.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public Game(Player p1, Player p2) {
 		this.player_one = p1;
 		this.player_two = p2;
 		this.board = new Board();
+		assignPieces();
 	}
 
 	private void assignPieces() {

src/test/GUITest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package test;
+
+import view.CheckersWindow;
+
+public class GUITest {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		CheckersWindow window = new CheckersWindow();
+	}
+}

src/test/Square.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package test;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+
+import javax.swing.JButton;
+
+public class Square extends JButton {
+	private Color color;
+	private int row;
+	private int column;
+
+	public Square(Color color, int row, int column) {
+		super("");
+		this.color = color;
+		this.setRow(row);
+		this.setColumn(column);
+		this.setBackground(color);
+	}
+
+	public int getRow() {
+		return row;
+	}
+
+	public void setRow(int row) {
+		this.row = row;
+	}
+
+	public int getColumn() {
+		return column;
+	}
+
+	public void setColumn(int column) {
+		this.column = column;
+	}
+
+
+}

src/view/CheckersCanvas.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package view;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
+import java.awt.GridLayout;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+
+import model.Board;
+import test.Square;
+
+public class CheckersCanvas extends JPanel {
+
+	public static final int BOARD_DIM = 8;
+
+	ArrayList<Square> blackSquares;
+	ArrayList<Square> redSquares;
+
+	/* Checker board representation */
+	Board board;
+	GridBagConstraints layoutConstraints;
+
+	public CheckersCanvas() {
+		super(new GridLayout(BOARD_DIM, BOARD_DIM));
+		this.blackSquares = new ArrayList<Square>();
+		this.redSquares = new ArrayList<Square>();
+		initSquares();
+	}
+
+	public void initSquares() {
+		for (int i = 0; i < BOARD_DIM; ++i) {
+			if (i % 2 == 0) {
+				for (int j = 0; j < BOARD_DIM/4; ++j) {
+					Square black = new Square(Color.BLACK, i, j*2);
+					Square red = new Square(Color.RED, i, j*2 + 1);
+					this.add(black);
+					blackSquares.add(black);
+					this.add(red);
+					redSquares.add(red);
+				}
+			} else {
+				for (int j = 0; j < BOARD_DIM/4; ++j) {
+					Square black = new Square(Color.BLACK, i, j*2 + 1);
+					Square red = new Square(Color.RED, i, j*2);
+					this.add(red);
+					blackSquares.add(red);
+					this.add(black);
+					redSquares.add(black);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

src/view/CheckersWindow.java

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+package view;
+
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+
+public class CheckersWindow extends JFrame {
+
+	public static final int HEIGHT = 800;
+	public static final int WIDTH = 800;
+	private CheckersCanvas canvas;
+
+	public CheckersWindow() {
+		super("Checkers");
+		this.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
+		this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+		this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
+		this.getContentPane().add(new CheckersCanvas());
+		this.setVisible(true);
+
+		//pack();
+	}
+
+	public CheckersCanvas getCanvas() {
+		return canvas;
+	}
+
+	public void setCanvas(CheckersCanvas canvas) {
+		this.canvas = canvas;
+	}
+
+}