• Be sure you are in your public_html directory (see above).
• Using a Unix editor, create a web page (filename.html) to invoke your applet. with these two lines in it (height and width may vary):
  <applet code="filename.class" width="500" height="400">
  </applet>
• Make this file readable by typing:
  >chmod a+r filename.html
• Plan the code for your applet on paper first. You will save time this way!
• Using a Unix editor, enter the code into a file. The file must have the same name as the class. It must be in your public_html directory on your mason account. Save and exit the editor.
• Compile your program by typing:
  >javac  filename.java
• If you get an error message (and you probably will get many-this is normal for beginners!) go back into pico and make changes. Then, recompile.
• The compiled version will be named filename.class. Make this file readable and executable by typing:
  >chmod  a+rx  filename.class
• Once it compiles, launch a web browser and enter the URL for your filename.html web page. It should be:
  http://mason.gmu.edu/~yourloginname/filename.html
• If you make changes to your program, you must recompile it. Then, in the web-browser, hold down the shift key while clicking on the reload button. (Just "reloading" doesn't work. You have to hold down the shift key.)

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