begin main GUI groundwork

src/MissPiggy.java

@@ -17,13 +17,76 @@
  */
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import static javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE;
 
 public class MissPiggy {
-    JDialog frame = new JDialog();
-    public void MissPiggy() {
+    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
+    JPanel frameContainer;
+    JPanel actionsContainer;
+    JPanel descriptionContainer;
+
+    JMenuBar menuBar;
+    JMenu menu;
+    JMenuItem menuItem;
+    JScrollPane modListScrollContainer;
+    JList<String/*Main.Mod*/> modList;
+    private JButton toggleButton;
+    private JButton moveUpButton;
+    private JButton deleteButton1;
+    private JButton moveDownButton;
+    private JButton optionsButton;
+    private JButton importButton;
+    private JButton generateButton;
+
+    private int selectedItem;
+
+    // Initialize the main window
+    public void Action(/*Main entryPoint*/) {
         // todo construct contents
         // todo display modlist
 
+        /// DEBUG ///
+        Main.Mod testModEntry = /*entryPoint*/new Main().new Mod(); //this is retarded? we're making a new object of a certain type, why the fuck do you care where it comes from? static or regardless??
+        testModEntry.friendlyName = "Example Mod";
+        testModEntry.game = "2048";
+        testModEntry.path = "unused";
+        testModEntry.version = 1;
+        testModEntry.priority = 0; //might discard this in favor of the list index for simplicity
+        testModEntry.loaderversion = 0;
+        Main.Mods.add(testModEntry);
+        Main.Mods.add(testModEntry);
+        Main.Mods.add(testModEntry);
+        ///-/////-///
 
+        InitializeModListInGUI();
+
+        frame.add(frameContainer); // initialize window contents -- will be handled by IntelliJ IDEA
+
+        frame.setSize(800, 600); // 1280 800
+        frame.setTitle("Firestar Mod Manager");
+        frame.setResizable(true);
+        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
+        frame.setLayout(new GridLayout());
+        frame.setVisible(true);
+    }
+
+    public void InitializeModListInGUI() { // i really wanted this to be "lights, camera, action" but the code organizing kept getting stupider and stupider so i gave up
+        // cleanup
+        modList.clearSelection();
+        modList.removeAll();
+
+        // add text entry for each
+        int i = 0;
+        System.out.println("Initializing modList to GUI with length of" + Main.Mods.size() + "units"); //debug
+        while (i < Main.Mods.size()) {
+            modList.add(new JLabel(Main.Mods.get(i).friendlyName));
+
+            //debug
+            if (Main.Mods.get(i).author == null) {Main.Mods.get(i).author = "Anonymous";}
+            System.out.println("Added " + Main.Mods.get(i).friendlyName + " by " + Main.Mods.get(i).author);
+
+            i++;
+        }
     }
 }