Java applets fuelled Java’s initial growth. The ability to download code over the network and run it on a variety of desktops offering a rich user interaction proved quite compelling. However, Java’s ...

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of reasons.

Java Web Start allows you to deploy full-featured applications using your Web browser, bypassing complex installation procedures. See if Web Start is right for your build and deployment process. In ...

This article provides an overview and introduction to Java Web Start, an exciting new Java application distribution technology and reference implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP ...

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A mechanism for delivering full-blown Java applications from a Web server. The programs are initially downloaded using the browser but are run outside of the browser ...