Nic,
I agree with you that we should avoid applet as long as that is possible.
Consider my requirements
I have a GUI with a number of buttons .Now when any one of them is clicked a
pop-up window comes up
in which i have to enter a fields.To give you an example when one of the
buttons is pressed,a pop-up window appears which has two fields to be filled
in "Enter date" & "enter time " these fields have to be filled and then you
press submit to commit them to the database.Can such customised pop window
be created in javascript.
One more thing is that I have to view it thru the browser and that too in
both IE4.0 and Netscape 4.0 and above.
How do I do it using HTML and javascript.I have heard about "Iframe" ,"DIV"
tags and the "Layers" but I dont know how to apply them.
Nic if you could explain to me in detail It will be be of great help to me.
Thanks a lot for your time.
Kapil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nic Ferrier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 6:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Using an applet in the Servlet/JSP world - why?
>
> >>> Kapil Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/99 6:46:44 AM >>>
>
> > I was just womdering if the kind of interacivity
> >an applet can provide(In addition to the aesthetics)
> > can also be done in JavaScript.
>
> I only use an applet if there is something that I absolutely *need*
> to do that I can't do with JavaScript and HTML.
>
> A lot of people seem to use applets because they can't get the hang
> of binding data to display in the web world. This is the most
> difficult part of web programming, not just with servlets, but
> generally because of the dispertion of program state.
>
> But JSP can bind my HTML forms and other display components very
> simply and clearly to data objects (eg: database tables, LDAP
> records...) and make a browser look like a real GUI without too much
> effort.
>
> When an applet gets used it generally slows down the connection
> process making everything sluggish to the point where it just isn't
> worth it.
>
> I tend to use applets in framed situations therefore and for things
> that I can only get an applet to do (eg: encryption as discussed and
> widely denounced on this list about a fortnight ago).
>
> I don't think I have *ever* used an applet for display purposes (and
> I electrocute bosses who don't listen to me /8-).
>
>
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
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