Inserting a Java Applet

Java is a programming language used to create self-contained programs called applets. Java applets run within the browser window just like the other multimedia objects you've been working with in this hour. You can put a Java applet into your page, add parameters, and add some interesting multimedia to your Web page.

Java and JavaScript are not the same thing. Nor are they really related. JavaScript is a scripting language that is used in Web page development to set the properties of a Web page. Java is a compiled programming language that is used to develop applications.

To insert a Java applet into your Web page, you must ...

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