With JDK 8, Nashorn replaces Rhino as Java’s standard JavaScript engine for the benefit of improved performance and compatibility. Avatar.js brings the popular Node framework’s programming ...

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’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’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.

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.

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.

Python is now the fastest-growing major programming language, according to Stack Overflow.

When improving the performance of web based applications, finding and solving JavaScript and Java performance issues can have the biggest overall impact.

PayPal has decided to use JavaScript from browser all the way to the back-end server for web applications, giving up legacy code written in JSP/Java.

What can I do with Java and C++ that I can't do with JavaScript? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mattias Petter Johansson.