An Introduction to Java and Program Design - Java Programming: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - page 32

The Java Applet Viewer
The Java Applet Viewer is a mini-browser designed to display Java applets
without any of the version or enabling problems associated with common pro-
prietary browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. For
programming development purposes, a program called appletviewer.exe is used
to launch the Java Applet Viewer. The Java Applet Viewer is part of the JRE.
Other Java Development Tools
A variety of tools are on the market to help programmers write, compile, and
execute Java applications, applets, servlets, and Web services, in conjunction
with the Java 2 Standard Edition. While some programmers write code using
Microsoft's Notepad program, others use value-added text editors, such as
TextPad, JGrasp, or JCreator. A value-added text editor ( VATE ) assists pro-
grammers by color-coding key elements in the Java code and inserting automatic
line numbers. Many VATEs also compile and execute Java programs using but-
tons and menus. Figure 1-22 shows TextPad, a VATE interface, which you will
use in this topic to develop Java programs. Instructions for downloading and
installing TextPad are included in Appendix B. Appendix C discusses setting the
layout to match the screens in this topic.
Compile Java
command
color-coded
editing
window
FIGURE 1-22