Creation of a basic applet must comply with the instructor's guidelines and involve written, executable, functioning code. An example of such an applet follows:

// A minimal applet.
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;

public class SimpleApplet extends Applet {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString("Java makes applets easy.", 20, 20);
  }
}

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import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*
<applet code="SimpleApplet" width=200 height=60>
</applet>
*/

public class SimpleApplet extends Applet {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString("Java makes applets easy.", 20, 20);
  }
}