Now I have one applet in here.  It is just a simple program that draws shapes with random coordinates when a button is pushed.  Here is the applet, here is the source.  You can open the source with any ASCII editor (like notepad).  The class file should also run as a stand alone application (it takes a lot more code for an applet to also run as an application).  So, if you know what you are doing, the program will run without a browser.  You only need the Java Development Kit   :,P   More later.