Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: tools for programming applets Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 18:44:52 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <028d2009-98b7-43a3-b02d-83eaa89db79e@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1306133092 18138 118.92.95.178 (23 May 2011 06:44:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 06:44:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4441 In message , Joshua Cranmer wrote: > On 05/22/2011 10:17 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >>> JavaScript itself has had no more fundamental changes than Java has had. >>> As far as I can see, the only truly new things (i.e., not present in any >>> implementation for some time) were the introduction of functional >>> methods to Array, i.e., arr.forEach, arr.filter, etc. >> >> Functions as first-class objects. > > Nope, that's original in JavaScript. So are you beginning to understand that it’s not JavaScript playing catch-up to Java? >>> Now, let me end by pointing out that Java has been able to do all of >>> these things for over a decade. >> >> And yet nobody was ever able to do them. Where is the Java equivalent of >> jQuery, for example? > > How about Swing? How about it?