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[[Image:Apple Java Web Start.png|right|Apple's Java Web Start]]
'''Java Web Start''' is a framework developed by [[Sun Microsystems]] that enables starting [[Java programming language|Java]] applications directly from the [[World Wide Web|web]] using a [[web browser|browser]]. Unlike [[Java applet]]s, Web Start applications do not run inside the browser, and the [[Sandbox (security)|sandbox]] in which they run does not have to be as restricted, although this can be configured. One chief advantage of Web Start over applets is that they overcome many compatibility problems with browsers' Java [[plugin]]s and different [[Java virtual machine|JVM]] versions. On the other hand, Web Start programs cannot communicate with the browser as easily as applets.
Web start also provides a series of classes in javax.jnlp which provide various services to java web start applications. Many of theese services are designed arround the idea of allowing carefully controlled access to rescources (such as files and the system clipboard) without giving the java web start application the ability to do what it likes with those rescources.
Version 1.0 of Web Start was introduced by Sun in March [[2001]], and ever since [[Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition|J2SE]] version 1.4 it has been included by default with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and does not have to be installed separately.
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