The JavaScript programming language, developed by Netscape, Inc., is not part of the Java platform. JavaScript, does not create applets or stand-alone applications.

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.

There’s further confusion over Java updates coming from Apple versus Java updates coming from Oracle; what a Java Runtime is; how JavaScript relates to Java (spoiler: not at all), and more. In this ...

JavaScript on the JVM is better and faster but not always friendlier with Nashorn, the rebuilt JavaScript interpreter. Martin Heller takes the new Rhino's two command-line script runners for a ...

If you’re looking to becoming a programmer, it’s important to know the difference between Java and Javascript, and know which programming langauge to learn.

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Why Is “JavaScript” Called “JavaScript”? Not to be confused with Java, “JavaScript” is one of the world’s most popular and powerful scripting language that resides inside HTML documents and can ...