Fwd: Using pulpcore for non-game Java applets

[Edward Z. Yang]

Hello all,

I was doing research into ways to load Java applets elegantly and
stumbled upon pulpcore. The Java applet I have in mind won't have
any visual component (I plan on using JavaScript interfacing with Java
to do any end-user UI interaction), so I was wondering if it would
still be worthwhile to use pulpcore for the subset of features
(i.e. fast loading), and how easy it would be to dothis.

Cheers,
Edward

[David Brackeen]

What is the Java applet for? PulpCore sounds like a bit of an overkill if you have no visual component in Java.

Also, be careful, LiveConnect (JavaScript to Java and vice verse) doesn't work in all browser/OS/Java combinations. 

[Edward Z. Yang]

Excerpts from David Brackeen's message of Thu Nov 12 15:58:04 -0500 2009:

> What is the Java applet for? PulpCore sounds like a bit of an overkill if
> you have no visual component in Java.

It's intended to SSH into another server and run a few commands on the
user's behalf. I guess we'll probably want to render a text box so that
the user can type in their password.

> Also, be careful, LiveConnect (JavaScript to Java and vice verse) doesn't
> work in all browser/OS/Java combinations.

Thanks for the heads up! I might ditch this idea.

Cheers,
Edward