Re: Java or HTML

From: tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Sam Palmer <Sam@Bitton.homeway.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Java script or HTML.....
>
>Which is easier to learn and master?
>
>Where can I learn Java

They are two very different things.

HTML is a document markup language (not, as most web designers seem to think,
a page description language) that is used to create web pages.

Java is a programming language, like C, Pascal or Forth.  It can be used to
create standard applications, or a special type of application called an
applet which is run by your web browser 'within' a web page.  Applications can
do anything a program written in another language can; applets are (normally)
restricted from accessing local files and devices, talking to servers on the
net other than the one they were downloaded from, etc to prevent abuse of
your computer by a rogue applet.

JavaScript is a scripting language with a Java-like syntax which can be
embedded directly into web pages rather than being run through a compiler first
like Java.  It cannot be used to write stand-alone applications.  IME it falls
over a lot, doesn't work with any degree of consistancy between differing
browsers (or even from one day to the next), and should be avoided like the
plague.

For more details on Java, visit http://www.java.com (a division of Sun), where
you can read docs and download the developer's kit.  Sun have some very good
on-line tutorials (assuming you can already program in Some Other Language),
which you can download as a bundle and run locally.

Regards,
Tim.

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Java or HTML
Sam Palmer <Sam@Bitton.homeway.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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Java or HTML
Sam Palmer <Sam@Bitton.homeway.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000