What's the difference, if there is any?

Question

The solo learn app has separate courses for java and javascript. i really thought java was just an abbreviation of JS. Is it more like the relation of HTML to HTML5 or CSS to CSS3?

Answer 1

The only thing Java and JavaScript have in common is their names. Java is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language, while JS is a scripting language used in web-development alongside HTML and CSS.

Java is used to create applications which run via a virtual machine or browser, while JS code is run on a browser only. Java code needs to be compiled while JS code doesn't.

Answer 2

Thanks appreciate the insight.