test.java

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

public class Tester implements Runnable {
  private JFrame createFrame() {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setBounds(100, 100, 817, 553);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    return frame;
  }

  private JLabel createLabel(JFrame frame) {
    JLabel tickerLabel = new JLabel("Ticker:");
    tickerLabel.setBounds(10, 31, 62, 23);
    frame.getContentPane().add(tickerLabel);
    return tickerLabel;
  }

  private JTextField createInput(JFrame frame) {
    JTextField tickerInput = new JTextField();
    tickerInput.setBounds(53, 32, 96, 20);
    tickerInput.setColumns(10);
    frame.getContentPane().add(tickerInput);
    return tickerInput;
  }

  private JButton createSearchButton(JFrame frame) {
    JButton tickerSearch = new JButton("Search");
    tickerSearch.setBounds(183, 31, 89, 23);
    frame.getContentPane().add(tickerSearch);
    return tickerSearch;
  }
  private void createTextArea(JFrame frame) {
    JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
    textArea.setBounds(183, 79, 571, 369);
    frame.getContentPane().add(textArea);
  }
  private void addEventListeners(JTextField input, JButton search) {
    search.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
    {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
      {
        String textInput = input.getText();
        System.out.println(textInput);
        input.setText("");
      }
    });
  }
  public void run() {
    try {
      JFrame frame = createFrame();
      JLabel label = createLabel(frame);
      JTextField input = createInput(frame);
      JButton search = createSearchButton(frame);
      addEventListeners(input,search);
      frame.setVisible(true);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }


  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Create an instance of ourself, as the UI.
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Tester());
  }
  // Let's not do everything here, we need the code to be ran when we do run, not necessarily when we create the instance
  public Tester() {}
}