Re: When writing applet do you start out as an application or applet?

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 15 May 2008 22:37:22 -0400
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<482cf354$0$90265$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
jmDesktop wrote:

On May 15, 9:06 pm, Andrew Thompson <andrewtho...@gmail.com> wrote:

On May 13, 1:45 am, Knute Johnson <nos...@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
wrote:

jmDesktop wrote:

If you are creating an application that is going to be run in an
applet, do you start out creating a regular application an moving it
to anappletor just creating it as an applet, beginning to end. Size
of project is moderat to large. Thanks.

It depends on a lot of things.

I only had time to glance at what Knute said,
but I think I basically agree with his take
on it.

For trivial things - direct to applet, for
anything beyond that, hybrid.

This project sounds like it should be an hybrid.

Is there a particular reason the app. is not
being launched using webstart? The maintenance
costs of a JWS app. will be lower in the long
run.


Well, I hadn't even heard of webstart until now. My main problem is,
after I figure this part out, is how do I connect my applet (or
webstart?) to the server. it's an internet app, but I need more than
just a servlet, jsp. It's for a game. Thanks.


Your applet will be allowed to connect to the same server it was
fetched from.

HTTP or plain socket as you want.

Arne

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