>Could someone give me a brief explanation of the difference between
>portlets and applets? Thanks!
I have never heard of a portlet. Applets are Java programs that run
inside web browsers. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/applet.html
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Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
Dave Miller - 11 Apr 2004 05:32 GMT
> >Could someone give me a brief explanation of the difference between
> >portlets and applets? Thanks!
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> Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
> See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
Portlet is to portal as servlet is to server. There is a Sun whitepaper
here:
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/portalserver/reference/techart/jsr168
/pb_whitepaper.pdf
The original question is like asking what's the difference between a car
and someone with blond hair. Read the above links to find out what each
are.

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