<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 2.0">
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<p>Instructions for compiling and running this program: </p>

<p>The student sees the file FirstProgram.java. This class
inherits from PeopleInfo, which is an Applet. Therefore your
students must run appletviewer rather than java to execute this
program.</p>

<p>We chose to use an applet rather than an application in order
to avoid the complexity of introducing the static main function.
Using an applet here also reinforces the distinction between
applets and applications. Applets are executed using the
appletviewer or a browser, applications require the VM
interpreter (such as java). Besides, students who have some
facility with html (and more do every day, can incorporate their
applet into their personal web page.</p>

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