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I'm looking for a standard Java to Java bytecode compiler implemented in JavaScript.

Has anyone heard of anything that can accomplish this?

Jonas
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asked Feb 17, 2012 at 22:23
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    +1 for insane idea :-). Care to explain... why? Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 22:26
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    Haha thanks. For part of my dissertation I would like users to be to write Java code within a web browser. It would support my thesis if the code could be compiled within the browser also. Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 22:30
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    It could be worse. He could have asked for a JVM implemented in JavaScript. Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 22:31
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    I have one written in Logo ;) Commented Feb 17, 2012 at 22:40
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    Aha, another candidate to illustrate the Atwood's Law ? +1 ;o) Commented Feb 20, 2012 at 10:33

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There are several here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS

Such as j2js, bicavm, doppio...(see the java section)

answered Dec 1, 2012 at 0:39
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if your goal is to have users write Java in a browser and see it run, it makes.MUCH more sense to do the compiling and executing server side. A servlet could read the code, compile it and run it, then push the output back to the browser.

unless your thesis is "Anything that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript."

answered Feb 18, 2012 at 23:29

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