Can I run Java applets in Xcode?

Question

I am very fond of Xcode's GUI and code completion and would like to know if there is a way to run Java programs (more specifically applets) in Xcode 5 without using an IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans. I tried using the Xcode text editor and Terminal to run simple Java programs, but it wouldn't run an applet. Therefore, I wanted to know if you can somehow use Xcode's External Build System to run Java programs or (if that's not possible) run applets within Terminal.

Answer 1

Applet Launcher (in /Developer/Applications/Utilities/) provides a graphical interface to Sun's Java Plug-in. Applet Launcher loads an applet from an HTML page. For example, entering the following URL launches the ArcTest applet:

file:///Developer/Extras/Java/Applets/ArcTest/example1.html

Applet Launcher is useful for testing your applets in OS X. Performance and behavior settings for applets may be adjusted in the Java Preferences application installed in /Applications/Utilities.

Also see this documentation