Editing Java applet (section)

== Alternatives ==
Alternative technologies exist (for example, [[WebAssembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mozilla tries to do Java as it should have been – with a WASI spec for all devices, computers, operating systems|url=https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/29/mozilla_wasi_spec/|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Theregister.com|language=en}}</ref> and [[JavaScript]]) that satisfy all or more of the scope of what was possible with an applet. JavaScript could coexist with applets in the same page, assist in launching applets (for instance, in a separate frame or providing platform workarounds) and later be called from the applet code.  As JavaScript gained in features and performance, the support for and use of applets declined, until their eventual removal.