Joseph DiBella

Last month, we started a fun project in creating a chat room applet. The overall project illustrates how to create Perl scripts which will be used as back-ends for your Java applets. The Java applets will interact with the Perl program using a standard CGI interface. While you ca... (more)

Java enables us to embed miniature applications called Applets within Web pages which can process data, perform graphical animations and access databases, among other things, in a dynamic fashion. In addition, these Applets work fine on several different types of computers access... (more)

It seems that there is an increasing demand for Internet based applications. Every time I turn on my television, I see Internet-related advertisements or commercials ending with "See us on the Web at: http:// www.somebigcompany.com'." These URLs actually refer to other computers ... (more)

The Internet has been very popular in the past few years. With its popularity still growing, increased demand for Internet network software has grown as well. One of the greatest advantages to developing Internet software with Java is in its robust networking support built into t... (more)