Java vs JavaScript

Java and JavaScript – they sound similar, but they're actually very different. Even if you already knew that, you may not know how or why they're so dissimilar but have such similar names. This video can help.

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[alexgochenour]

You, sir, have an excellent voice. You deserve a better microphone.

[Francisco-je]

"Do you know javascript?"
"Yes i know java"

[casperguo]

as the old saying goes, Java is similar to Javascript like car is similar to carpet

[FellTheSky]

Coming from java and starting to learn javascript i feel a lot more insecure. Dont ask me why, but i feel like driving a car without doors

[addacdd]

this whole time I been studying JS I thought Java was in the same family. I got Bazzinga

[AetherCS]

This was very informative thank you. I was trying to get ahead before next semester and learn Java, but I didn't realize there were Java and Javascript.

[gdsfar]

I decided to learn coding like 7 seconds ago so a lot of it was over my head, but still I was able to parse the important bits together and figure out that I need to learn syntax for any language before anything else.

[jorgegonzalez]

This dude is so articulate, concise, and clear, wow.
And that bit in the beginning was actually funny, ha.

Are there more videos he's done?

[maverick-nx]

4:40 dynamic typd static typeed

5:52 class based vs prototype based 8:52

[njacksonkc]

Good video. Don't let the bookends of bad audio/video sync scare you away.

[ConservativeHippie]

Great voice and awesome sense of humor. Easy to understand. Didn't move too fast. Great video!

[samarmohan]

Java : Javascript :: Ham : Hamster
Java : Javascript :: Car : Carpet
Java : Javascript :: Pain : Painting
JAVA AND JAVASCRIPT ARE NOT SIMILAR EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES!

[bgm-gk]

just started as a Business Analyst on a dev team working in the banking industry. My team uses React, node.js, backbone.js, angular.js, bootstrap css, rest api, and soap api --- that's most of the stack that I know of... to be fair, the online banking uses a client server framework where users connect to the client server via rest api.... but then several layers of servers help protect the more sensitive stuff -- and those upstream systems are connected to internally via soap api.

[Asimov]

I come from a C++ background so it is good to know that java also uses classes.

[keshi]

Javascript (excluding nodejs framework) = frontend
Java = backend

basically.

[tymothylim]

Thank you very much for this video! It was excellently done and I learnt a lot in these short 15min :) Great work!

[alexlegoG]

Great and informative video! As a Java beginner I understood more about it. One important note I would have added is to speak about the fact that Java is multithreaded while JavaScript is single-threaded. This is especially important because working with threads is an important aspect in programming.

[swiggageovanni.]

good video. i found it through the code academy pro school. i am starting the learn javascript class today. lets win

[sushanthkotyan]

10:53 Java is synonymous with web development, at least on the server side (Spring MVC, Servlets, JSP etc.)

[atoolforcreativity]

Mocha is a way cooler name! Wish they would've stuck with that