Java Applets

This page contains some simple Java applets from chapter 11 of 'Introductory Java', by David Parsons, published by Letts Educational, London, 1998.

• The first example is the simplest possible applet, that just shows a string of text:

• The next example is again very simple, and just loads an image file, in this case the Letts Educational logo

• This applet is a little more useful, since it allows the distances between ten major cities to be displayed using components from the Java AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit)

• This applet combines images with AWT components to produce a simple 'slide show' of liners in Southampton Docks. The buttons allow the pictures to be browsed in either direction. Note that the pictures take a while to load.

• No Java page would be complete without at least some attempt at animation! This rather feeble effort is a very slow runaway train (well, engine)