Please give me the first steps into Applets!

Ken, our friendly T.A., has provided such a page: Writing and Running Java Applets. Look in our class directory of programs for simple examples, including the nestedApplet from the textbook.

Other basic facts:

There is no main method in Applets? Right! Assuming you have imported java.awt.Graphics then you can view the substitute for main to be the paint() method (and perhaps repaint() method).
What is the substitute for System.out.print()? You can do the following: g.drawString("Hello World from " + YourName,x,y); Here, YourName is a string or any printable object (such as a number). Also, (x,y) is the location for placing the left end of the output string. NOTE: (x,y)=(0,0) is the top-left corner of the applet window.