Summary

In this article you were introduced to Java applets. Eventually this series will show you how to perform animations and even create simple video games. However, first you must learn some of the basics of Java applets.

Text is an important part of most applications. You saw that you can display text in a variety of ways. You can select the typeface that you want your text to be displayed in, as well as the color. Java allows you to pick from several predefined colors, or define on of your own using RGB color values.

You saw that you can create a class that is both an applet and an application. This can be very useful as this class can be both ran from a browser, and as a stand alone application.