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Foil 12 Java vs. JavaScript I

From Overview of JavaScript I -- Basic Web Scripting Language CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox (Tom Scavo)


Sun's Java is fast becoming a broad industry standard
Java is well designed and documented
Java is object-oriented with (single) inheritance
Java is class-based
JavaScript is primarily supported by Netscape and Microsoft
JavaScript started quite "roughly" but is improving in design -- however some issues connected to browser are totally ill defined as browser ill defined -- e.g. what happens in what order when frames loaded ....
JavaScript is object-based with no class structure
JavaScript is prototype-based



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