Chapter 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:
Stopping and starting an applet
Putting an applet on a web page
Customizing an applet with parameters on a web page
Displaying web pages in an application
Java has become successful as a general-purpose language that runs on many distinct platforms, including cell phones, web servers, and Internet appliances. When the language was introduced in the mid-1990s, it was the first programming language that could run inside a web browser.
Applets are Java programs designed to run as part of a web page. When a Java applet is encountered on a page, it is downloaded to the user’s computer and begins running.
Programming applets is different than ...
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