Java , c++ or anything else ?

[TriggerHappy]

No. Javascript you can open on the web.

Java is the programming language.

(i think?)

 

[duyen]

No. Javascript you can open on the web.

Java is the programming language.

(i think?)

No you don't need the web, you can use the web if you like however.

JavaScript is not related to Java in any way, shape or form.

 

[UndeadDragon]

JavaScript is not related to Java in any way, shape or form.

Apart from the Java bit in the name

 

[JerseyFoo]

Hooray for making things more complicated then needed?

Just save as blah.js and have this as code:

If that actually works in any browser, it's just the browser being nice.

Easiest way is to serve the javascript within the HTML as said. JavaScript is not meant to be standalone.

Hooray for not knowing what your talking about...

JavaScript was originally called Mocha ( best name imo ), then LiveScript, then JavaScript, and microsoft released 'JScript'. When you add XML support, it's called E4X, but JavaScript along with ActionScript and all related languages are officially 'ECMAScript'.

 

[duyen]

If that actually works in any browser, it's just the browser being nice.

Easiest way is to serve the javascript within the HTML as said. JavaScript is not meant to be standalone.

Hooray for not knowing what your talking about...

JavaScript was originally called Mocha ( best name imo ), then LiveScript, then JavaScript, and microsoft released 'JScript'. When you add XML support, it's called E4X, but JavaScript along with ActionScript and all related languages are officially 'ECMAScript'.

Hooray for browsers that support .js

 

[SFilip]

> browsers that support .js
The correct way to "support" .js files is to show them as text - browsers that don't probably aren't into the whole standards concept.
The browser can't know how a .js file should be interpreted. In fact, it can't even know that a .js actually contains JavaScript code as extensions only really matter to humans. If it is JS, it could be the javascript used in webpages, but there are a bunch of other things it can be - browsers aren't the only thing that uses javascript. Most notably, it can be used by the Windows Script Host in which case it would have more or less the same syntax, but should be interpreted differently.
When part of a HTML file, the browser knows exactly how to interpret the JavaScript code and allow it to access the DOM objects for instance.