Most Java developers and JavaScript developers understand that besides the four letters “J-A-V-A,” JavaScript and Java have very little in common other than some C-like heritage.

Java is an OOP programming language, while JavaScript is an OOP scripting language. Java creates applications that run in a virtual machine or browser, while JavaScript code runs only on a browser.

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software. PayPal has moved ...

JavaScript and Java scored high as both most liked and most disliked programming languages in JetBrains’ State of the Developer Ecosystem survey. Perl was far and away the most disliked language.

First of all, JavaScript is not Java. It has nothing to do with Java (The language and its associated technologies from Sun Microsystems). To be honest, I'm not even sure why it's called JavaScript.

Identifying JavaScript and Java performance issues. The biggest JavaScript and Java performance issues for modern applications aren't language-specific. Modern apps should be designed to be ...

JavaScript was mentioned in 130 questions, followed by Java with 71 mentions. Python and Google’s Go complete the top five, with 66 and 58 mentions respectively.

What can I do with Java and C++ that I can't do with JavaScript? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mattias Petter Johansson.

Hi,Im trying to create an application and Im getting a bit lost in the middle.Basically there are 2 pieces to build, a DHTML web page, which is complete, and a Java Servlet that will take requests ...