Inside the Internet: An Interactive Exploration of the World Wide Web

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17(A). Advanced Internet Features - Java
Introduction

Introduction

Java, the father of JavaScript, is a great deal more complicated than JavaScript. Java has more commands available, which gives the programmer more options when designing a Java Applet, the Java program. Java is oriented more towards graphics, while JavaScript is better for smaller jobs, such as displaying the Date Last Modified at the bottom of this page (Netscape/Internet Explorer only), text manipulation, and math functions (calculator). Many chat rooms now use Java Applets to help make chatting easier and more fun. Be warned, however, because Netscape Navigator will sometimes encounter trouble when it attempts to run a Java applet. This is due to the intensive memory and CPU usage. For this reason, you should disable Java in Netscape Navigator and Communicator, if you have less than 24 megabytes of RAM. In Internet Explorer 3.0, it is recommended that you have at least 16 megabytes of RAM. If you are going to use/view Java applets, Internet Explorer is the better browser to use, because it is less likely to crash when working with Java. If you are interested in creating Java Applets, check out Microsoft's Visual J++, or the Java Development Kit from Sun.

If you want to see an example Java Applet, or just want more information about Java, go to the Java home page at http://www.javasoft.com. (WARNING!: It is not recommended that you view Java Applets with Netscape Navigator and less than 24 Mb of RAM, or Internet Explorer 3.0 with less than 16 Mb of RAM.)
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