First of all, JavaScript is not Java. It has nothing to do with Java (The language and its associated technologies from Sun Microsystems). To be honest, I'm not even sure why it's called JavaScript.

Rather, Suranga argues that in all those places where Java shined — desktop applications, web servers, web clients, mobile apps, smart TV applications — JavaScript is now performing those roles better ...

There was a time, back in the mid-1990s, when a little language called Oak was being developed by Sun. I recall bumping into it as I surfed the Web one day. It looked interesting, but I wondered why ...