Java Web Start vs Embedded Java Applet

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Matthew H picture Matthew H · Mar 27, 2010 · Viewed 22.2k times · Source

I'm going to deploy my Java game to show it to my friends and whatnot, but I'm having trouble deciding between Java Web Start and applets.

Under what conditions is one preferable over another and what advantages/disadvantages are there?

Answer

Enrique picture Enrique · Mar 27, 2010

If your game is going to consume a lot of cpu and memory resources I recommend deploying it as Java Web Start since applets run slower.

If you have some java-javascript interaction you'd better use applets

Here you can find a table with advantages/disadvantages

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