Writing Applets: Table of Contents

Overview of Applets

The Life Cycle of an Applet

Methods for Milestones

Methods for Drawing and Event Handling

Methods for Adding UI Components

What Applets Can and Cannot Do

Test Driving an Applet

Summary

Taking Advantage of the Applet API

Finding and Loading Data Files

Displaying Short Status Strings

Displaying Documents in the Browser

Sending Messages to Other Applets

Playing Sounds

Defining and Using Applet Parameters

Deciding Which Parameters to Support

Writing the Code to Support Parameters

Giving Information About Parameters

Using the <APPLET> Tag

Practical Considerations when Writing Applets

Security Restrictions

Creating a User Interface

Using the AWT to Create a GUI

Displaying Diagnostics to the Standard Output and Standard Error Streams

Getting System Properties

Threads in Applets

Working with a Server-Side Application

A Simple Network Client Applet

Using a Server to Work Around Security Restrictions

Finishing an Applet

Before You Ship that Applet

The Perfectly Finished Applet

Common Applet Problems (and Their Solutions)