Your First Java Applet-HelloWorld.java

As we have said above, we will not require you to learn Java nor to be able to compile Java source into byte code here. Instead, the point of this tutorial is to teach you how to use applets that already exist. For this reason, we provide both the .java source (for you to understand the applet if you wish) and the .class byte code (to actually use in your project).

The Code to HelloWorld.java

import java.awt.*;
public class HelloWorld extends java.applet.Applet 
{
	Font f = new Font("TimesRoman", Font.BOLD, 36);
	public void paint (Graphics g)
	{
		g.setFont(f);
		g.setColor(Color.red);
		g.drawString("Hello Again !", 5, 25);
	}
}

What Does It Do?

The import statement allows the code to access the awt (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) class, which provides control over everything that comes from an applet displayed on the screen.
The class declaration tells the compiler that what follows will extend the prototype Applet provided in java.applet.
The Font declaration creates a Font object and assigns it some properties.
The paint procedure does the real work. It contains instructions to set the Font and Color to be used, then draw some characters.

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