Deploying Applets with JNLP & the Java Deployment Toolkit

This looks to be the most up-to-date way of deploying applets (as opposed to hardcoding Applet tags or hand-rolling own Javascript to create Embed or Object tags).

It basically consists of a JNLP file which describes the Applet, as well as a Javascript provided by Oracle to generate the most appropriate HTML markup for the browser.

References:

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/applet/applet_deployment.html
• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/deployment_advice.html
• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/applet/deployingApplet.html
• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/deploymentInDepth/jnlpFileSyntax.html