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Make your website scream with excitement with Java!

By Johnathan Wyka-Warzecha [Hits: 14882]

Several years ago, Java was introduced. It was slow. Now,computers have beefed up, the internet is a lot faster, and Javais a serious language. It can lower costs, and REALLY get peopletalking about your website! I'll cover:

1) WHAT is Java, and how can it help me? 2) WHY Java NOW? 3) WHYis Java the next BIG THING? 4) CONCLUSIONS

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1) WHAT is Java, and how can it help me?

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Java is basically a programming language that can be integratedinto browsers, and add spice to a website. One beautiful thingis its 'reusability', and 'ease of use'.

For example -- I will use the classic 'Lake' example, where youhave a picture of a mountain on top of a lake, and the waterripples.

Before Java, you needed expensive graphics software and severalhours to make it ripple. Using a Java applet, all you have to dois include something like:

in your webpage, and now you now have a picture of a lake thatripples! To change the image, simply change the name of the file(the "lake.jpg")!

So -- Java makes it VERY easy to add and change functionality inyour website.

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2) WHY Java NOW?

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About five years ago, Java was introduced, and ran it reallyslowly. The main browsers (Netscape & Internet Explorer) thatsupported Java were 'brand' new. And, the computers they ran onwere slow. If you had a 'top of the line computer', it meant youhad a Pentium-133 machine (and friends were usually jealous thatyou could afford such a 'fine' piece of hardware). Most peoplewere just learning what E-Mail was.

All that has changed.

Microsoft & Netscape have re-written their browsers' JVM (javavirtual machine), and optimized it to make Java lightning fast.

Pentium-III 550 MHz machines cost less than the Pentium-133models did. Plus, they are more than three times faster, becauseof faster graphics accelerator cards, increased RAM and soforth. And most people have one of these newer machines, becauseof the low cost (or special 'package' deals that ISP's made withcomputer makers for 'free' or 'low cost' computers)

So, now Java is fast, and can be easily used, with lowdevelopment costs.

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3) WHY is Java the next BIG THING?

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A) NO PLUGINS ARE REQUIRED! Most internet users find itEXCEPTIONALLY annoying to have to wait 3 or 4 minutes todownload a special plug-in to hear audio, another specialplug-in to see 3D images, and so forth. JAVA DOES NOT REQUIREPLUGINS! Practically 99% of all internet browsers ALREADYSUPPORT JDK 1.0.2, (which is the 'main' version of Java in usetoday).

B) SPEED Complex mathematical calculations (for 2D & 3D games,visual special fx, data processing, etc) are fast because offast computers and optimized browsers.

C) RE-USABILITY! Say you bought a program that simply didspecial transition FX. You decide to use for banneradvertisements, and it works as follows:

So, YOU SAVE TIME AND MONEY, because all your development teamhas to do is spend five minutes deciding which banneradvertisements to use. Now, say you have a big corporatepresentation to make. YOU CAN RE-USE THAT PROGRAM! Simplyreplace each image with the corporate slide image! For example,

And that is IT!

D) INCREDIBLY SMALL APPLET SIZE! Most 'sophisticated' appletsare less than 50K. Popular and useful tools such as MacromediaFlash create animations that are usually at least 100K forsimple ones, and upwards of 500K for high profile/professionalsites. So think about it -- if a individual has no problemwaiting for a 500K for a Macromedia Flash animation, they arecertainly not going to have a problem with a small, 50K Javaapplet. Most Java applets are even smaller than this!

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4) CONCLUSIONS

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1) You customers are happy (NO PLUGINS required!) 2) Runs FAST!3) YOU save time & money, because of RE-USABILITY! 4) Customerswill talk about how 'GREAT' your site it is, because of allamazing functionality!

So, where do you want to use Java today?

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