Learning to use Applets

[sliverofshadows475]

Hey guys,

I'd like to learn how to use applets, so I could spread programs of mine on the internet with my less tech-savvy friends who don't know what IDEs are and such. But before anything, do I need to know some HTML?

If I don't, could someone direct me to a good tutorial for applets? I looked on Sun's, and a few others, but none of them really make sense to me, as I don't know how invoke them in an HTML page.

Thanks,
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[Insectoid]

You need a website, and a little html. I think you just have to put <applet>filename</applet> in the page's source. The file has to be on the server or accessible by the server.

[andrew.]

Let me Google that for you.

All you have to do is use the HTML tag templates on those websites, and change the name of the Java class to yours.

[sliverofshadows475]

Kay, I understand that, but does anyone have a good tutorial for applets? I have a few examples I've found searching the web, but none of them have good comments that would help me understand how they work >.<

[TheGuardian001]

Do you mean how to actually turn a program into an applet/create one as an applet?

[sliverofshadows475]

Any of the two would be good, but I think creating one first would be easier to understand than converting existing programs.

[andrew.]

This along with some examples from Google should be able to teach you about JApplets.

[sliverofshadows475]

I hate to point it out, but in my first post I mentioned that I didn't understand Sun's tutorial. And I hope I'm not asking for too much, but instead of sarcasm, some actual help would be nice.

Thanks,
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