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Trail: 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)


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