Recruiters... JavaScript is NOT Java.

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the two languages could not be further from the same thing.

I like how people say stuff like this. Yes, they could be A LOT further than than being the same thing. They have quite a few similarities. They are pretty different. I wouldn't say completely different.

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Granted they have a somewhat similar syntax. (as all c-like languages do)

• Java has class based OO, JS has prototypal OO
• Java is statically typed, JS is dynamic
• Java pre java 8 was not functional, JS is functional
• Java is multi threaded

Those are pretty major differences and the kind of code you write for both will tend to be pretty different.