Java applets fuelled Java’s initial growth. The ability to download code over the network and run it on a variety of desktops offering a rich user interaction proved quite compelling. However, Java’s ...

This article is the sequel to Jeff Friesen's previous article on Java Plug-in, " Plug into Java with Java Plug-in" (JavaWorld, June 1999). It focuses on one of the more recent Java Plug-ins in the ...

This article provides an overview and introduction to Java Web Start, an exciting new Java application distribution technology and reference implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP ...

Ok, so I just saw the news that Apple has released "Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2." An applet that previously failed only in NN/OS X because of a java plugin version problem still didn't work after ...

Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers. Thirty-nine of the ...

A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any ...