Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Difference between Java and Javascript

Java
Java is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language created by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems.
Initially, it was designed to make small programs for the web browser called applets.
Java uses the concept of classes and objects that makes reuse of the code easier
Java exhibits the properties like inheritance, data encapsulation and polymorphism.
The main features of Java are as follows:
Provides more flexibility to develop software applications because of object oriented approach.
• Easy to use as it combines the best properties of other programming languages.
• Allows code written in Java to run on different platforms or Java code is independent of platform.
• The code from the remote source can be executed securely.
• Built-in support for computer networks.
Java must be compiled into what is known as a "machine language" before it can be run on the Web. Java also supports automated memory management model that allows developers to get rid of the time consuming method called manual memory management. Programmers can easily do this by implementing automatic garbage collection. But according to some people, Java is slow as well as consumes more memory than other programming languages such as C++.
Javascript
JavaScript is a scripting language(programming language) that was created by the fine people at Netscape and was originally known as LiveScript. It is used to make web pages more dynamic as well as interactive.
Most modern day web browsers have built-in JavaScript. However, JavaScript based web pages can run only if JavaScript is enabled on the web browser and the browser supports it. JavaScript is enabled in most browsers by default.
No special program is required in order to write code in JavaScript as it is an interpreted language. You can use any text editor such as Notepad in order to write JavaScript code. You can also use other text editor that colorizes the different codes making it easier to detect any error.
JavaScript is different from HTML because JavaScript is used to create more dynamic web pages while HTML is a markup language that is used to create static content on the web page.
You can insert the JavaScript code in a HTML file by using the <script> tag. But if you want to use the script in different pages of the website then you can save the scripts in different files with .js extension.

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