Running the Applet

If you were writing an application, you could invoke the Java interpreter from the command line to run the class. An applet, however, requires a browser environment, so you'll have to write some HTML to display the applet.

Writing the HTML

Listing 36.2 shows a simple Web page that includes the HelloApplet applet. This Web page will work with the appletviewer—you'll want to improve the HTML by adding a head, title, background color, and perhaps some text before you use it on your Web site.

Code Listing 36.2. helloApplet.html—You Must Write an HTML File to Test an Applet
<HTML>
<BODY>
<APPLET CODE="HelloApplet.class" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="200">
</APPLET>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Tip

Your HTML source file is not subject to the same strict ...

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