An applet is a program written in the Java programming
language that can be included in an HTML page, much in the same way an image
is included in a page. When you use a Java technology-enabled browser to
view a page that contains an applet, the applet's code is transferred to
your system and executed by the browser's Java Virtual Machine (JVM). For
information and examples on how to include an applet in an HTML page, refer
to this description of the
<APPLET> tag.
Here are some cool Java packages that you might find
amusing.
These can be downloaded and audited for your
use and then added to your website. If you do not have a website but want to
learn some Java, you can use them for practice by auditing them with your own
text/graphics and then viewing them in your web browser. Hours of fun and you
will be learning Java!
Caution: By clicking on the hyperlinks, you
will be opening/downloading a .zip file. While these files are safe and
certified clean by us, we want you to be aware of this type of files on
suspect or unknown web sites. Active can have malware in them. Always trust
the site you are visiting before clicking on anything. At the top of your
browser, in the menu, click on "View" and then put a 'check' by the "Status
Bar" feature. Now, you can look in the lower left corner of your browser to
see where a hyperlink or active file takes you.
- 3d Cube -
opens a .zip file for you to download.
- Matrix Code
- opens a .zip file for you to download.
- AC Free
- opens a .zip file for you to download.
- Graph
- opens a .zip file for you to download.
When it comes to
Java, anything is possible. You can create or copy or purchase a Java Solution
online anytime you one. The Java technology is broken down into different
categories. Programming Applications, Applets and Servlets. Between them,
there is a perfect way to create that special program or website. Java is used
by more than five million developers today, with a large collection of user
groups and free resource sites to fuel your fire!
Below, you will find
links to other cool Java Sites with all the Java juice you could possibly
need.
Here are some cool
little applets and games for you to explore. Fractals and so much more can be
found here. All of the links are by bu.edu for students to learn.
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The chaos game.
Yes, this is a game. Try to beat the computer by hitting specific targets
via the moves of an iterated function system. This game allows students to
understand the construction of the Sierpinski triangle via the chaos game.
- Fractalina.
This applet allows you to set up the vertices, compression ratios, and
rotations associated to an iterated function system and then compute and
view the resulting fractal. On some browsers, apparently the numbers that
you enter in this program show up as white-on-white, so the numbers do not
appear on the screen. If this is the case, you can just highlight the
appropriate window to see the numbers. Someday I'll figure out how to fix
this....
- Fractanimate.
This applet allows you to string together a collection of fractal images
generated by Fractalina into a movie. We encourage you to become quite
familiar with Fractalina before trying to use this applet.
- Linear
Web. This applet allows you to
see the results of iteration of linear functions of the form Ax + B
in three different ways: as a list of the orbit, as a web diagram (graphical
iteration), and as a time series graph.
- Nonlinear
Web. This applet allows you to see the results of iteration of
nonlinear functions such as the quadratic function x2 + c,
the logistic function kx(1 - x), and many others. You can iterate
step-by-step or view the entire web diagram.
- Target
Practice. This applet allows you to practice graphical iteration in
the setting of a game. We give you a target (a particular "itinerary"); your
job is to find an orbit graphically that has this itinerary.
- Cycle
Practice. This applet is a more advanced version of Target Practice.
Your job in this game is to find a cycle (not just an orbit) with a given
itinerary. Be sure to master Target Practice first before attempting this
game.
- Orbit
Diagram. This applet allows you to draw the orbit diagram (or
bifurcation diagram) for a variety of families of functions. You may also
magnify various portions of these complicated sets.
Here are some of the goodies
from a really cool site called JavaScriptKit.com. So much to do, with tons of
different Java scripts to chose from.
-
Flying
Stars.
A applet that gives any
image a "flying stars" background. Very cool!
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Wavy
Lake. An applet that
causes a lake image to come "alive". You can add your own image on top of
the lake to act as a hyperlinked image.
-
QGoo
image applet.
QGoo is a whimsical little image manipulation
applet that allows you to "muck up" an image. The image is fully
customizable. Sheer fun is this applet!
-
Java
analog Clock with Date. A Java analog clock
with an incredible interface. Also displays the current date inside the
clock.
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Puppy
analog clock. A live puppy analog clock!
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Fading
Banner. A applet that fades the text entered.
Not clickable.
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Text
fading in and out.
Sentences of text fading in and out.
Easily customizable to change the text to your own.
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Fire
Works. Live fire works with sound!
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Screaming
button. A button that screams when you click
on it!
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ProScroll.
A highly configurable, fast
loading, and multi-featured text scroller. Allows the content of the
scroller to be an external txt file. Not clickable.
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Wavy
Text. A java applet that makes any text wavy.
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Sliding
Text.
Text
sliding from the right to the left. Easily customizable to change the text
to your own.
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LED
3D twisting clock. A very cool twisting live
3D clock. Free for non-commercial use.
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Alternating-Text
Banner. A applet that
alternates among different messages. Links can be embedded inside the
applet.
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Live
News Ticker Tape. A Free Java ticker tape that feeds your
surfers live news!
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Ticker
Tape II. A very cool and efficient Java ticker tape that
scrolls text left to right. Clickable, so links can be added inside the
tape.
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Ticker
Tape. A ticker tape that scrolls text, and changes the color of
the text as it scrolls. Not clickable.
