Java 1.4 Game Programming (Wordware Game and Graphics Library)

"Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program [Mosaic/Netscape] that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong." —Bill Gates

Introduction

This chapter is all about getting started using applications and applets. Here, we will look at the key elements of applications and applets and the main differences between them. It is important to look at these areas, as they are the foundation for visual programs in the Java Standard Edition.