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Foil 18 JavaScript versus Java - I

From JavaScript Tutorial for Certificate Course UC Web applications Certificate -- Summer 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Tom Scavo
JavaScript: Interpreted and not compiled by client or server
Java: Compiled bytecodes downloaded from server and interpreted or (Just in Time) compiled by client
JavaScript: Object-based, but no classes or inheritance
Java: Object-oriented class structure with (single) inheritance
JavaScript: Code typically integrated with or embedded in HTML (SRC="File.js" is exception)
Java: Applets distinct from HTML and accessed by <APPLET> tag from HTML page

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