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Everything about Applet

Small software application

In computing, an applet is any small application that performs one specific task that runs within the scope of a dedicated widget engine or a larger program, often as a plug-in. The term is frequently used to refer to a Java applet, a program written in the Java programming language that is designed to be placed on a web page. Applets are typical examples of transient and auxiliary applications that do not monopolize the user's attention. Applets are not full-featured application programs, and are intended to be easily accessible. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: AppletA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Deep-HPI-pred: An R-Shiny applet for network-based classification and prediction of Host-Pathogen protein-protein interactionsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Java tutorialThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Applet-based telecollaboration: a network-centric approachCited 37 times
  5. Go sideways: Java appletA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Java Web StartA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Applet as an extension of other software
  3. Java applets
  4. Security

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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