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Way back when, in the original release of Java, applets were a big deal. At the time, HTML web pages were regarded as rather static, and any technology that added a dynamic aspect to HTML web pages was considered goodness. Over the years, however, applets have become less and less important to Java. Much of this was a result of the browser wars between Netscape and Microsoft, and the negative consequences of those wars still linger today. Another reason was that other technologies have evolved to make web pages more dynamic. Many books on Java use applets heavily in their examples. I have avoided that, because I have found that learning the various quirks and foibles of different web browsers just to get an applet to work tended to get in the way of learning Java itself. So, most of my examples use Java applications, which are simpler to get working because you don't have to fight the browser as well as the language. |
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