created: 03/07/98

This chapter examines Java applets. An applet is an object who's methods are run under the control of a web browser. The web browser (such as the one you are possibly using right now) will call methods of the applet object when a web page containing an applet is loaded.

Chapter Topics:

• Extending the Applet Class
• Graphics Objects
• The drawString() Method
• The setBackground() and setColor() Methods
• Compiling and Running Applets
• Web Pages and HTML
• The drawOval() method
• The drawRect() method
• The drawLine() method
• Pen colors

QUESTION 1:

All of the applications you have seen so far have had a main method. Do you expect that applets will have a main method?