The Java Tutorial Fourth Edition: A Short Course on the Basics

Chapter 18. Applets THIS chapter talks about the basics of applets, advantages of applets over applications, how to load applets in a Web page, how to convert applications to applets, and how applets work. An applet is a special kind of J...

Getting Started with Applets Run the HelloWorld applet[2] in the online tutorial or compile and run the applet yourself (Figure 18.1). It is a simple Java class that prints the string "Hello World" in small rectangle.[2] tutorial/deploym...

Taking Advantage of the Applet API The applet API lets you take advantage of the close relationship that applets have with Web browsers. The API is provided by the javax.swing.JApplet class and the java.applet.AppletContext interface. Applets can...

Practical Considerations When Writing Applets The first two sections in this chapter discussed all of the applet-specific API. However, most applets rely on a lot of API that isn't specific to applets. This section gives you hints about using the ...

Finishing an Applet Before You Ship That Applet Stop! Before you let the whole world know about your applet, make sure the answer to all of the following questions is yes: 1.Have you removed or disabled debugging output?Debugging output (gen...

Deploying Applets This section explains to HTML authors how and when to use the applet, object, and embed tags to add Java applets to Web pages, and provides guidelines for deploying applets on the Internet and Intranets and for use with different...

Solving Common Applet Problems This section covers some common problems that you might encounter when writing Java applets. After each problem there is a list of possible solutions. Problem: Applet Viewer says there is no <APPLET> tag on my...

Questions and Exercises: Java Applets Questions 1.Which classes can an applet extend?2.How do you cause the applet GUI in the browser to be refreshed when data in it may have changed?3.What do you use the start() method for?4.True or false: A...