Workshop: Viewing the Code Used to Run Applets

As a short workshop to better familiarize yourself with the applet tag and how it can be used to alter the performance of an applet, visit this book's World Wide Web site at http://www.java24hours.com.

Load this site by using one of the web browsers that can run Java applets, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari. Go to the section of the site labeled “Hour 4 Showcase,” and you'll be given a guided tour through several working examples of applets.

On each of the pages in the Hour 4 Showcase, you can use a pull-down menu command to view the HTML tags that were used to create the page:

  • In Internet Explorer or Opera, choose View, Source.

  • In Navigator or Firefox, choose ...

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