Is Java and JavaScript the Same Language?
This is a common question and sometimes misleading. Java and JavaScript are different programming languages and created for different purposes.
| Java | JavaScript |
|---|---|
| Got its initial name, Green, from the Green Team working on the language | Originally called Mocah. Renamed to ride on the marketing wave of Java's popularity |
| Developed by James Gosling's team at Sun MicroSystems | Developed by Brendan Eich at Netscape |
| OOP(Object Oriented Programming) compiled language | Object Oriented Programming scripting language |
| Java application run in a virtual machine called the JVM(Java Virtual Machine) | JavaScript code runs in the browser or on the server with NodeJS |
| Java code is compiled | JavaScript code is interpreted |