Java and JavaScript are, despite the similar names, very different languages. For one, JavaScript is a low-power scripting language used frequently for Web page graphics enhancements. Java is a high-power language used by Webmasters and system programmers alike.

In this two-part program, you will deal with the JavaScript-Java interactivity application. This page is part one: you will encrypt a phrase using a simple one-way encryption algorithm. The text is retrieved in JavaScript, and sent to the Java applet for encryption. The encrypted text is returned to the JavaScript for display.