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.

As web developer Jeremy Keith said in 2009, “Java is to JavaScript as ham is to hamster.” The exact accuracy of that analogy is debatable, but the spirit behind it is solid: Java and JavaScript, ...

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 and JavaScript are two languages you can use as an alternative to using CGI applications. The CGI specifications are respected by programs that run on the server side-the Web server. But Java and ...

To call Nashorn JavaScript from a Java 8 program, you basically need to make a new ScriptEngineManager instance and use that ScriptEngineManager to load the Nashorn script engine by name.

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.