Hardware And Software Requirement

Java - Hardware And Software Requirement :

Java is currently supported on Windows 95, Windows NT, Sun Solaris, Macintosh, and UNIX machines. Though, the programs and examples in this book were tested under Windows 95, the most popular operating system today, they can be implemented on any of the above systems.

The minimum hardware and software requirements for Windows 95 version of Java are as follows:

• IBM-compatible 486 system

• A hard drive

• Minimum of 8 MB memory

• A CD-ROM drive

• Windows 95 software

• A Microsoft-compatible mouse

• A Windows-compatible sound card, if necessary

HotJava

Hot Java:

HotJava is the Web browser from Sun Microsystems that enables the display of interactive content on the Web, using the Java language. HotJava is written entirely in Java and demonstrates the capabilities of the Java programming language.
When the Java language was first developed and ported to the Internet, no browsers were available that could run Java applets. Although we can view a Web page that includes Java applets with a regular browser, we will not gain any of Java's benefits. HotJava is currently available for the SPARC/Solaris platform as well as Windows 95 and Windows NT. So far as being a Web browser goes, it is nothing special and does not offer anything special that most other Web browsers don't offer. Its biggest draw is that it was the first Web browser to provide support for the .Java language, thus making the Web more dynamic and interactive.

Netscape Navigator

Netscape N:ivigator, from Netscape Communications Corporation, is a general-purpose browser that can run Java applets. With versions available for Windows 95, NT, Solaris and Apple Macintosh, Netscape Navigator is one of the most widely used browsers today.
Netseape Navigator has many useful features such as visual display about downloading process and indication of the number bytes downloaded. It also supports JavaScript, a scripting language used in HTML documents.

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is another popular browser developed by Microsoft for Windows 95 and NT Workstations. Both the Navigator and Explorer use tool bars, icons, menus and dialog boxes for easy navigation. Explorer uses a just-in-time (JIT) compiler which greatly increases the speed of execution.

Web Browsers

Web Browser: 
As pointed out earlier, the Internet is a vast sea of information represented in many formats and stored on many computers. A large portion of the Internet is organized as the World Wide Web which uses hypertext. Web browsers are used to navigate through the information found on the net. They allow us to retrieve the information spread across the Internet and display it using the hypertext markup language (I-ITML). Examples of Web browsers, among others, include:

• Hot Java

• Netscape Navigator

• Internet Explorer