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[–] j_ 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

JavaScript is not Java.

JavaScript is a programming language mainly used within browsers for user interface and interaction, as well as communicating with servers. For example, the “submit reply” button I’m about to click uses JavaScript to send my comment to Voat’s servers and then update the page to display my comment, all without reloading the page. Probably 99% of the websites you visit daily use JavaScript in some form.

Java is a more general-purpose programming language, used for everything from programs like Minecraft to core parts of the Android operating system. It also has a browser plugin which is what you’re thinking of with the bad reputation. These days almost no popular sites use Java in the browser apart from very specific legacy applications.

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[–] G4 ago 

cough Runescape

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[–] j_ ago 

Not sure what your point is. RuneScape’s Java client certainly qualifies as a legacy app, and even they’ve been pushing the desktop client over the browser plugin for years.

I’m not talking about Java in general, which is alive and well. Client-side Java-in-the-browser is dead — its reputation is too far gone among both the tech savvy and the clueless. Nobody wants to install the Java plugin, and nobody wants to develop new Java applets.