Table of Contents - Chapter 37 Active Web Document Technologies (Java, JavaScript) 37.1 Introduction 565 37.2 Continuous Update With Server Push And Client Pull 565 37.3 Active Documents And Server Overhead 566 37.4 Active Document Representation And Translation 566 37.5 Java Technology 568 37.6 The Java Programming Language 568 37.6.1 Language Characteristics 568 37.6.2 Similarities to C++ 569 37.7 The Java Runtime Environment 569 37.7.1 Machine Independence And Portability 570 37.8 The Java Library 571 37.9 A Graphics Toolkit 572 37.10 Using Java Graphics On A Particular Computer 573 37.11 Java Interpreters And Browsers 574 37.12 Compiling A Java Program 574 37.13 An Example Applet 575 37.14 Invoking An Applet 577 37.15 Example Of Interaction With A Browser 578 37.16 Errors And Exception Handling 580 37.17 JavaScript Technology 580 37.18 Alternatives 582 37.19 Summary 583 Exercises 583