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In this section, we're going to showcase some spectacular Java applet sites. They offer a glimpse of what Java is capable of. If you know of any other such sites, drop us a note.

 Applet Collections 

Digital Cat's Java Resource Center
Digital Cat's Java Resource Center has 2,596 as of 08/28/00 20:17:50 (PST). The collection includes Applets, Java Applications, Documents, Collections and JavaScripts. Also in Japanese!

 Artificial Intelligence/Lifeforms 

Biomorph Breeder
How about using Java to evolve trees into animal forms? Based on the biomorph concept described in Richard Dawkins' book "The Blind Watchmaker", this applet lets you experiment with breeding artificial creatures called biomorphs, causing them to gradually evolve into a diversity of forms.

 Astronomy@Work 

GeoAstro Applet Collection
Collection of interactive Java applets that display the position of sun and moon on the horizon for any date, time and location, and on a world map with day and night regions. The times of rise and setting, the declination, the Greenwich hour angle and the equation of time are computed.

 Commercial Applets 

Solutionsoft
JavaHelp, Sun's new cross-platform online help system which is expected to become the standard vehicle for delivering help for Java applications can be downloaded for free through November 1, 2001.

 Development 

TopCoder
TopCoder is fast becoming the major league for programming competitions. TopCoder brings members together twice a week to compete online (Single Round Match). In addition, online and on location (Tournaments) are held twice a year. For each individual problem, coders have the option of using Java, C++ or C# to code the solution.

 Games 

playjavagames.com
Online java game collections; play free! There are 204 games in eleven categories for you to choose from!

 Graphics@Work 

eVe 3 Professional
Locating images and video is not an easy task, and when there are many files to search through, sometimes the only way to search through them is visually. Now the next generation eVision technology can do just that - find images and video visually.

 Mathematics@Work 

The Dynamical Systems and Technology Project at Boston University
This project is a National Science Foundation sponsored project designed to help secondary school and college teachers of mathematics bring contemporary topics in mathematics (chaos, fractals, dynamics) into the classroom, and to show them how to use technology effectively in this process.

 Science@Work 

Karl MacDorman's "Filling in" Page
The site introduces some new experiments in visual completion or "filling in" as well as reproducing some famous experiments. The user is invited to participate in the experiments by using some Java applets. "Filling in" concerns the fundamental nature of representation in the brain.

 Other Cool Applet Sites 

JMessenger
Starting your own Instant Messenger can be the single most strategic step for your e-Business. However the technical aspects and costs associated have been prohibitive for most eBusinesses. JMessenger fills this gap with its state-of-art Java delivered turnkey Instant Messaging solution.

How to Add Java Applets to Your Site

New on the Java Boutique:

New Review:

Time Management Made Easy with the Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler
Why not just use the Java timer API? This open source scheduling API boasts simplicity, ease-of-integration, a well-rounded feature set, and it's free!

New Applet:

Reverse Complement
Reverse Complement is a simple applet that converts DNA or RNA sequences into three useful formats.

Elsewhere on internet.com:

WebDeveloper Java
Lots of Java information on webdeveloper.com

WDVL Java
Thorough Java resource at the Web Developer's Virtual Library.

ScriptSearch Java
Hundreds of free Java code files to download.

jGuru: Your View of the Java Universe
Customizable portal with online training, FAQs, regular news updates, and tutorials.