LiveConnect is a technique that allows Java and JavaScript to communicate with each other. It allows your Java class to call JavaScript methods and access the JavaScript environment. JavaScript can also access Java objects and invoke methods on them. LiveConnect was first implemented in the Netscape browser, and currently Mozilla Firefox fully supports this feature. In this tutorial you will learn how to write code that makes the communication between Java and JavaScript possible.
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There’s been a bit of an explosion in the HTML5/JavaScript gaming sphere of late. Browser games have seen a surge in popularity, and developers are beginning to find a suite of handy APIs and other tools at their disposal. Rob Hawkes is keen to sing the praises of HTML5 and JavaScript and their application in browser gaming. Rob is a visual programmer, author and technical evangelist at Mozilla, leading the gaming side of Mozilla’s work within the developer community. He gave the closing keynote talk at Web Directions Code, held in Melbourne back in May, where he showed us all just how awesome HTML5 and JavaScript gaming is rapidly becoming.(more…)

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