Quick Summary: Being a developer no matter what language you use for developing something creative and really something that helps make other life easier. However, we must be aware of the different technologies and tech news to survive in such a rapidly changing industry.

Allow me a few minutes to reveal the war between these two giant superpowers of custom software development.

Comparing Java and JavaScript with each other is something like comparing a tractor with a car, both having 4 wheels we can go anywhere with both but each of them is used for different purposes. Java and JavaScript comparison is similar to the comparison of tractors and cars.

What we can do with these languages?

Hmm! You might be thinking if they are that much different than each other then what productive we can do with them? Let’s talk about them one by one below.

With Java, we can develop some cool stuff like

1. Android applications

— Some of the examples built using Java are and much more.

2. Large Enterprise Software

3. Game Development

4. IoT smart devices for connectivity to connect to the network.

On the other hand, with JavaScript, believe me, you can develop anything such as:

1. Websites

2. Web Applications

3. Mobile Application

4. Android/iOS Apps

5. Desktop Software

6. Web Games

And it is not stop here JavaScript is much much more than the above-mentioned fields.

So, what does it mean that Java has conceded the war this soon in front of JavaScript?

The answer is no! Whenever it comes to security concerns Java can be considered first then JavaScript with Object Oriented Programming concepts it has access specifiers and others. Java supports multi-threading while JavaScript is a single single-threaded language.

As we have discussed above JavaScript is mainly used to build websites and web applications, JavaScript is not a standalone language we’ve to use HTML, and CSS for different scenarios. So to learn JavaScript or any of its frameworks or libraries we must have knowledge of HTML and CSS.

Ohh! Did I talk about frameworks? let’s discuss it as well because frameworks make your development life much easier.

JavaScript has a wide range of frameworks to almost deals in every aspect few of them I’m mentioning below:

1. NodeJS(Runtime) / ExpressJS

2. ReactJS

3. Angular

4. Vue

While Java also has dozens of frameworks to perform well in its expertise domains of development

1. Servlet

2. Java Server Page (JSP)

3. Spring MVC

4. Spring Boot

5. Swing

However JavaScript fails at certain points as it is a dynamically typed programming language so runtime exceptions and data concurrency feels in various scenarios, that’s the reason one of its framework which primarily uses JavaScript now completely shifted to TypeScript which is the superset of JavaScript with types and Now it is not AngularJs but it now becomes AngularTs. Most frequently ReactJs companies chooses React with TypeScript for their project.

Conclusion

Java and JavaScript are like comparing a tractor to a car – both have four wheels, but serve different purposes. Java is used for Android apps, large enterprise software, game development, and IoT devices. JavaScript, on the other hand, is incredibly versatile, allowing the development of websites, web/mobile apps, desktop software, web games, and more. Java excels in security, object-oriented programming, and AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming), while JavaScript’s dynamism requires HTML/CSS to build web applications.

Both have numerous frameworks, with JavaScript even shifting to TypeScript in some cases. So both JavaScript and Java has achieved their own places in the heart of programmers. The reason to consider each one in its appropriate domain is that both of them have more advantages and disadvantages than the basic functionalities like syntax, input, etc. Companies or even individuals will pick the framework according to their requirements.

Published By: Darshan Boyat