In this tutorial, you will create a simple “hello world” Applet example, and include it into a HTML page.

1) Create a Applet class

package com.mkyong.applet;
 
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.Graphics;
 
public class AppletExample extends Applet {
 
   public void init() {
     /**
      * init work
      */
   }
 
   public void paint( Graphics g ) {
	   g.drawString("Hello World - Applet",40,100); 
   }
}

The paint() method is executed whenever the applet is asked to redraw itself.

2) Create a HTML page

Create a HTML page and include the Applet file you created just now. Beware of the package you declare.

<applet width=300 height=300 code="com.mkyong.applet.AppletExample.class"> 
</applet>

Full HTML example

<html>
<head><title>Testing</title></head>
<body>
<applet width=300 height=300 code="com.mkyong.applet.AppletExample.class"> 
</applet>
</body>
</html>

Put the Applet class into “applet” tag, width with and height specified.

3) Run it

Double click your HTML page created just now. You should see Applet displaying a “Hello World – Applet” in the HTML page.

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