Java Applets in Education

Abstract The aim of this paper is to explain and present advantages of the Sun Microsystem’s Java language and object-oriented programming in the educational process. Thanks to current boom of Internet and telecommunication technology, common teaching methods may be enriched by so-called e-learning systems, which are mostly based on web pages and the HTML protocol. To improve expressive power of web presentations, dynamic pages are used. Among several techniques for dynamic pages, java applets seem to suite best the e-learning application – java is multi-platform, full-featured object-oriented language with rich graphical capabilities and applets allow real-time interaction with users. This paper presents practical application of java applets in the education of mathematics, physics or chemistry where applets are able to visualize different processes in a way, which is more understandable for students. Java and Internet Thanks to the boom of the Internet and telecommunication technology in the past decade lot of new programming and scripting languages emerged. The Internet and especially Web Pages are popularizing in admass. That is the reason why there are lots of technologies and methods for creating its content. One of them is the Java platform. Nowadays two technologies, Java platform and.Net platform with the C # language compete. Carlos E. Perez writes 101 arguments why Java is better. The most important ones are: Java runs on multiple platforms, including smart cards, embedded devices, cell phones, pdas