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

Here’s a list of key differences between Java and JavaScript as programming languages. As Java has so many important features it is a most commonly used programming language.

1. Java is easy to learn Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will ...

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.

Yes, it’s a scripting language with dynamic behavior and less type strictness than we have come to expect from Java.