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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:03:07+00:00

I was reading about java web start from wiki . Can someone please tell

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I was reading about java web start from wiki. Can someone please tell me

  • What is it used for?
  • A practical application of it; to make its use clearer.
  • Do other languages like C++ / C# have
    anything similar?

Thanks,
Roger

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    Java Web Start is kind of like a successor to applets – it allows Java programs to be run from your browser (though unlike applets, they don’t run within the browser). For a practical example, see the TopCoder Arena.

    http://www.topcoder.com/contest/arena/ContestAppletProd.jnlp

    Here, Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) is the protocol that defines how a Web Start application should be run (analogous to HTML telling a browser how a page should be rendered).

    See the Oracle tutorials:

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