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Practical Considerations When Writing Applets
The first two sections in this lesson discussed
all of the applet-specific API.
However, most applets rely on a lot of API
that isn't specific to applets.
This section gives you hints
about using the Java API,
covering the areas
that are affected by applets' close relationships with browsers.
This section lists the security restrictions that untrusted applets face. It also describes some ways to get around the restrictions.
This section discusses the elements of an applet's UI.
It then goes on to give hints
for creating a GUI and creating debugging output
using the standard output and standard error streams.
This section discusses the system properties
that an applet can get
to find out about its environment.
It includes an example applet
that displays the ten properties applets can get.
It also lists some properties that applets typically can't get.
This section delves into the issues
of using threads in applets.
A thread sometimes called an execution context
or a lightweight process
is a single sequential flow of control
within a process.
Even the simplest applets run in multiple threads,
although it's not always apparent.
Many applets create and use their own threads
so that they perform well
without affecting the performance
of the browser they run in
or the performance of other applets.
This section shows how even untrusted applets
can use networking code
to communicate with programs
running on the host from which they came.