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.

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 ...

PayPal reveals that writing server-side software in node.js rather than Java is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying web development.

Obligatory rant: JavaScript may have Java as part of its name, but the two languages are very different in spirit and design, as well as in their implementations.

With JDK 8 Java adds full JavaScript support plus some awesome extensions with Project Nashorn. In this article JavaScript expert Oliver Zeigermann explains the hows and the why's.

Java is an OOP programming language, while JavaScript is an OOP scripting language. Java creates applications that run in a virtual machine or browser, while JavaScript code runs only on a browser.

JavaScript remains by far the most popular programming language with developers, followed by Python and then Java, according to analyst firm SlashData's latest survey of developers. The company's ...