What’s the Use of Applets?
Prior to the popularity of dynamic JavaScript-driven pages, they introduced dynamic and interactive information to static web pages.
- Portability: Because Java is platform-independent, applets provide a mechanism to embed functionality in web pages that function consistently across different systems.
- Rich User Interface: Compared to the constrained HTML and early JavaScript capabilities of the time, applets may offer a richer UI by utilizing Java’s GUI capabilities.
- Real-time Updates: Before AJAX gained popularity, real-time updates could be facilitated using applets without requiring a page refresh.
- Complex Computations: Because applets are Java programs, they may carry out more complex computations on the client side.
How to Open a Link in a New Window Using Applet?
A Java applet is a little application created in the Java programming language and run on a web browser while embedded in an HTML page. In essence, it’s a method for introducing Java’s “write once, run anywhere” feature to the world of web browsers.
Components and Organization
- Applets are subclasses of the ‘java.applet.Applet’ class.
- For their graphical user interface, they can use either the AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit) or Swing frameworks, however, AWT has a smaller environmental impact and was previously more popular.