Java Applets

Java Applets were small Java applications embedded in web pages and executed within a sandboxed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the browser, enabling interactive and dynamic content beyond static HTML. Introduced as part of the early Java platform, they promised 'write once, run anywhere'…

Key facts

First appeared: 1996
Category: Web Client-Side Runtime
Problem solved: Providing platform-independent, interactive client-side applications in web browsers, overcoming limitations of static HTML and platform-specific plugins like ActiveX.
Platforms: Cross-platform (via JVM in browsers like Netscape, IE)

Related technologies

AWT
HTML
JavaScript
Swing

Notable users

Sun Microsystems
Early web developers
Netscape