While using applets in JWAVE™, the Web server is used to deliver the Java™ resources to the client browser. When the applet runs on the client, it contacts the JWAVE Manager process directly.

Reasons for using applets include:

• A truly Web-architected application where logic is divided between the client and server (i.e. fat client)
• Small special purpose client side applications (thin client)
• A better user interface using Java awt or Swing components rather than XHTML based pages
• More complicated interactions with displayed plots and charts, such as rubber-band zooming, highlighting, and point selection
• Real time animation of data including strip-charts
• Real time collaboration between different users