How do I debug a java applet?

There are tools that enable you to debug an applet. However assuming that you don't use such a tool, you can take any applet that you write and turn in into a stand alone application. Doing that you can use the jdb debugger (in the jdk package) and all the common java development tolls debuggers. In order to do that you should add a static main function to the applet, and in it to open a frame, instantiate the applet, lay it out in the frame and call the init and start methods of the applet. Here is a small sample code that does that.
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import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class simpleApplet1 extends Applet {
  TextField text;

  public simpleApplet1() {
        text = new TextField(20);
        add( text );
  }

  /*
   .... applet stuff comes here ...
  */

  public static void main( String args[] ) {
    simpleApplet1 ap = new simpleApplet1();
    frameApplet fr = new frameApplet(ap);
    fr.resize(200,100);
    fr.show();
    ap.init();
    ap.start();
  }
}


class frameApplet extends Frame {
  public frameApplet( Applet ap ) {
    add(ap);
  }
}
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This applet can be run as an applet or as a stand alone.
Hope that helps.
G.

I use Kawa as a IDE. Do you know how I can debug an applet with Kawa? (Appart of your obove suggestion.

Regards Ian

Get JBuilder - it has a debugger build in

Gadio will get the points. I'll reopen the question to give Gadio a change to mark it as answer so I can give him the points.

Regards Ian