Gelaed | JApplet Friendly - Page 1

The Applet provides functionality that cannot be replicated in another manner. An Applet embedded in a webpage runs on the client's machine, so once it is fully downloaded, it uses no server resources. In addition, the Applet has the ability to display and manipulate graphics and text in mays which no markup language (such as HTML) can duplicate.

The JApplet is simply an extension to the normal Applet. The JApplet has special "Look and Feel" capabilities that are not included in the standard Applet. The JApplet also has a few "friendly" tools that are not available to programmers of normal Applets.

While it is not much more complicated to implement an Applet instead of a JApplet, the "Look and Feel" functionality of the JApplet is wonderful. We will create a JApplet in this tutorial, and if you would prefer to create an Applet, most of the concepts transfer easily.

In order to view Applets, you will need to install the Java Runtime Environment, if you have not already.

Just follow the links at the bottom of the page to browse this tutorial.