| An
applet is a program written in the JavaTM
programming language that can be included in an HTML page, much
in the same way an image is included. When you use a Java technology-enabled
browser to view a page that contains an applet, the applet's code
is transferred to your system and executed by the browser's Java
Virtual Machine (JVM). Applet program is platform-independent and
have the distributed nature of runtime environment.
Since Java
is a real programming language there aren't many limitations to
it. Any program running on your computer could possibly have been
made as an applet. Spreadsheets, word processors, graphics programs
and even entire browsers could be made with Java. However, most
applets used on WebPages serve much smaller purposes than the ones
mentioned. The reason is simple: They need to be transferred through
the internet, and therefore can't take up just any amount of space.
Evolve can
make Web based application using Applet program. We can develop
chat server, daytime server, chat client. One obvious advantage
to fitting Java applets into conventional web site design is the
ability to take advantage of existing educational and informational
documents and images. With little additional effort, existing text
and graphics can either surround the applet within a web page or
be accessed and displayed by the applet itself. We can develop animation
applet that allows either a fixed or customizable number of images
to be looped through with complete user control of speed, dwell
time, direction, etc. |
