Servlet and Applet

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What is the difference between an Applet and a Servlet?

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Applets

• Applets are applications designed to be transmitted over the network and executed by Java compatible web browsers.
• An Applet is a client side java program that runs within a Web browser on the client machine.
• An applet can use the user interface classes like AWT or Swing.
• Applet Life Cycle Methods: init(), stop(), paint(), start(), destroy()

Servlets

• Servlets are Java based analog to CGI programs, implemented by means of servlet container associated with an HTTP server.
• Servlet is a server side component which runs on the web server.
• The servlet does not have a user interface.
• Servlet Methods: doGet(), doPost() 

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