In order to run an applet, you must have a web browser. An applet can be a completely utilitarian Java application on the grounds that it has the whole Java API’s available to it. There are some essential contrasts between an applet and a standalone Java application, including the accompanying: A main() function is not … Read more
ActiveX controls are a much more heavyweight technology than Java applets. They are effectively native Win32 executables that, once accepted and installed by the user, execute with the full privileges of that user and can carry out arbitrary actions, including interacting with the operating system. ActiveX can be used to implement practically any client-side control, … Read more
Besides HTML forms, the other main method for capturing, validating, and submitting user data is to use a thick-client component. The technologies you are most likely to encounter here are Java applets, ActiveX controls, and Shockwave Flash objects. Thick-client components can capture data in various different ways, both via input forms and in some cases … Read more
In order for the server-side application to receive user input and actions, and present the results of these back to the user, it needs to provide a client-side user interface. Because all web applications are accessed via a web browser, these interfaces all share a common core of technologies. However, these have been built upon … Read more