Java vs. Javascript

[skaterdav85]

Im new to web development, but can someone tell me the difference between java programming and javascript in web development?

[Synook]

You use Java to create web applets that operate independantly of the rest of the web page (a bit like a Flash document), or as a server-side language like PHP. JavaScript is completely client-side, and can interact directly with the HTML DOM of the web page and change things such as styles and text. By the way, JavaScript is not based at all on Java (but they are both C-based), the Java in the name is due to a marketing deal between Netscape and Sun Microsystems (which is why Microsoft initally had to call their version JScript). Its official name is ECMAscript.

[skaterdav85]

You use Java to create web applets that operate independantly of the rest of the web page (a bit like a Flash document), or as a server-side language like PHP. JavaScript is completely client-side, and can interact directly with the HTML DOM of the web page and change things such as styles and text. By the way, JavaScript is not based at all on Java (but they are both C-based), the Java in the name is due to a marketing deal between Netscape and Sun Microsystems (which is why Microsoft initally had to call their version JScript). Its official name is ECMAscript.

What are examples of java applets? Are they embedded in the html document?

[Synook]

Yes, they are embedded similar to Flash through the use of <object>. This game - http://www.javagameplay.com/tankHunterb.html - is a Java applet.