Actually, I think your last sentance exactly highlights my point (I dont know how to do that italicy/quote thing).
Whether you choose to write your code in Java or Javascript doesn't matter because it will HAVE to be run in a Javasript environment (browser) so you will always be limited to the target language - Java allows you to connect to databases with JDBC, read/write files and create rich user interfaces - none of these language features can be used by javascript in a browser.
So solving a problem that is more appropriate for Java can never be a problem that needs to be solved inside a browser by javascript...
You are mixing up the languages with the platforms.
Java doesn't let you connect to databases or any of that - the JVM does, and for any language running on it (Scala, Clojure, etc).
Java the language just gives you a certain set of syntax and semantics which can be useful to model a problem and its solution - classes, interfaces, etc.
Even if you're limited by the API of the platform - the browser - that has nothing to do with whether a different language is useful or not for your particular problem.
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Actually, I think your last sentance exactly highlights my point (I dont know how to do that italicy/quote thing).
Whether you choose to write your code in Java or Javascript doesn't matter because it will HAVE to be run in a Javasript environment (browser) so you will always be limited to the target language - Java allows you to connect to databases with JDBC, read/write files and create rich user interfaces - none of these language features can be used by javascript in a browser.
So solving a problem that is more appropriate for Java can never be a problem that needs to be solved inside a browser by javascript...
You are mixing up the languages with the platforms.
Java doesn't let you connect to databases or any of that - the JVM does, and for any language running on it (Scala, Clojure, etc).
Java the language just gives you a certain set of syntax and semantics which can be useful to model a problem and its solution - classes, interfaces, etc.
Even if you're limited by the API of the platform - the browser - that has nothing to do with whether a different language is useful or not for your particular problem.
(I dont know how to do that italicy/quote thing).
Enclose the quoted phrase in asterixes...
thanks!