There is no relationship between the Java and Javascript even they both have “java” in their name. The Java is multipurpose, Object Oriented Programming Language developed by a team of Games Gosling at Sun Microsystems.
Javascript is a scripting language developed by Netscape Inc. The java was becoming so popular in short time, then Netscape decided to use “JAVA” in the name of their new scripting language as Javascript after the Java.
Below in comparison table are listed some differences between Java and Javascript.
| Parameter | Java | Javascript |
|---|---|---|
| Inventor | Sun Microsystems | Netscape Inc. |
| Usage | Used to create desktop, applets, mobile applications. | Used to validate the user input inside the HTML documents. |
| Runtime | Executes in JRE. | Executes in the browsers. |
| Type | Programming Language. | Scripting language. |
| Object Oriented | Object Oriented. | Object Based or Object Oriented Scripting Language, because does not have inheritance. |
| Compilation | Needs to be compiled. | Does not require compilation. |
| Typed | Statistically types, means variable type is declared at the time of compilation. | Dynamically typed, means variables are declared with var keyword; therefore it can hold any type of value. |
| Platform Independent | Java uses byte code to achieve platform independent property. | Javascript code is not platform independent, means same code may not run on all the browsers. |
| Access Modifiers | Java has access modifiers to set the scope of the components. | Javascript does not have access modifiers. |