Java Reference
In-Depth Information
The first exposure of many people to the Java programming language is in
the form of
applets
, small and secure Java programs that run as part of a
web page.
Java Web Start, a protocol for downloading and running Java programs,
makes it possible to run applications from a web browser as if they were
applets.
Today, you learn how to create these web-launched Java programs as you
explore the following topics:
How to install and run Java applications in a web browser
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How to publish your application's files and run it
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How Swing applications can run into performance slowdowns on
time-consuming tasks
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How to solve this problem by using
SwingWorker
, a class that per-
forms Swing work in its own thread
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