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They died when everybody ditched Java applets for web. I wish they were more useful and programmable without a Java applet (eg. Custom C/C++ driver)

• xaduha 8y ago
  Smartcards aren't dead, they are all around us in sim cards and credit cards. > They died when everybody ditched Java applets for web. How's that relevant? Are you saying no one uses Java anymore?
  • Technetium_Hat 8y ago
    Many smart cards use an extremely minimal version of java, so I imagine that java applets were able to interact with them more easily.
    • xaduha 8y ago
      I'm not saying that writing for Javacards is easy, but that's not the problem here. There is plenty of software written already https://github.com/EnigmaBridge/javacard-curated-list https://github.com/EnigmaBridge/javacard-curated-list It's just didn't catch on, there's no thriving community around it. You have the software, you have the hardware (search for JCOP21 or JCOP3 on Aliexpress), but no users.
  • IloveHN84 8y ago
    Well, Java for frontend / client side not anymore, since Java applets are insecure and can be exploited easily.
    • xaduha 8y ago
      Java applets for browsers and Javacards have nothing in common except the name and the language.