>I believe that Javascript runs in the client and Java runs in the server and that they are not really the same thing. Is that correct?
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>If I am interested in learning Javascript, would taking a course on Java be useful?
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>Alex

They are two very different things. The idea of the name was some marketing genius that decided to tagging behind the fame of "Java" would help. The only thing it accomplished IMO is to confuse people.

That said, JavaScript (or JScript in MS parlance) is very nice and very necessary if you have to do any kind of web work.