Python Programming with the Java™ Class Libraries: A Tutorial for Building Web and Enterprise Applications with Jython

Using an Applet as a Container

Because you can use applets interchangeably with panels they're easy to test and debug. Debugging is even easier if the applet runs as a standalone application rather than within a browser. Let's run one from the interactive interpreter.

Import Applet, List, and Frame.

>>> from java.applet import Applet
>>> from java.awt import List, Frame

Create an instance of Applet and List; add the List instance to the applet instance.

>>> applet = Applet()
>>> list = List()
>>> applet.add(list)
java.awt.List[list0,0,0,0x0,invalid,selected=null]

Create an instance of Frame; add applet to it.

 >>> frame = Frame("Frame that contains the Applet") >>> frame.add(applet) java.applet.Applet[panel0,0,0,0x0,invalid,layout=java.awt.FlowLayout] ...