Java SE 6 makes it simple to use JavaScript within Java code. Other scripting engines can also be associated with Java, but it is handy to have one provided out-of-the-box with Mozilla Rhino.

Java vs. JavaScript Wait, there is a huge difference between Java and JavaScript. Java is from Oracle while the latter JavaScript is from Netscape Inc.

Nevertheless, one way of implementing a JavaScript interpreter is to compile JavaScript into Java byte codes, which is what Rhino and Nashorn were designed to do.

It is easy to make a Java applet and JavaScript code talk with each other. This article explores the mechanisms used to make bidirectional communications happen. In addition, you discover which of ...

Instead of “stepping up” from JavaScript to Java, as many nascent Web programmers are doing, a seasoned technical professional can “step down” from Java or C++ to JavaScript and create ...

It's a bit unclear what you mean when you say "what can I do". If you're referring to specific language features that are available to Java or C++ that are not available to JavaScript, it would be ...

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.