No portion may be reused without the author's permission. Return to Table of Contents To learn more about this college editing textbook or to order an educational review copy, please visit McGraw Hill. Y oung people are a key target of almost any publication, especially those on the Web. That's a great benefit for the Web. While Java can be used to create free-standing applications, it's mostly used on the Web to create applets.
Applets are mini-applications that are embedded inside an HTML page and run inside a Web browser.
Javascript may sound like Java, but It's a completely different beast. Shockwave started life as an add-on to Macromedia's Director, a multimedia authoring program. While Director is great for creating multimedia products, the files were traditionally way too large to carry over the Internet. The latest addition to the family is Flash, which can pack animation and sound into tiny files. CGI scripting and databases can be used to deliver personalized information to site visitors.