InfoWorld

Can the Java Applet Be Salvaged?

In the October 1996 article What is Java, Really?, Rudi Cilibrasi wrote the following in his introductory overview of Java: Most people view Java as the programming language of the Web. Though Java ...
Wired

Goodbye Applets: Another Cruddy Piece of Web Tech Is Finally Going Away

Another piece of old, insecure web infrastructure is about to be killed off. Oracle says that it's discontinuing its Java browser plugin starting with the next big release of the programming language.
InfoWorld

When to use applets instead of HTML forms: Three easy techniques

Web developers are plagued by the inconsistent browser rendering of HTML and JavaScript, yet most continue to use HTML forms to build GUI front-ends. In this article returning JavaWorld contributor Dr ...
Ars Technica

Confusion about Java web technologies: Javascript, JSP, Java Servlet, Java Applets: Which is good for what??

First of all, JavaScript is not Java. It has nothing to do with Java (The language and its associated technologies from Sun Microsystems). To be honest, I'm not even sure why it's called JavaScript.