Countdown Time JavaScript

An example of Countdown Time JavaScript

var _countDowncontainer=0;
var _currentSeconds=0;

function ActivateCountDown(strContainerID, initialValue) {
_countDowncontainer = document.getElementById(strContainerID);

if (!_countDowncontainer) {
alert("count down error: container does not exist: "+strContainerID+
"\nmake sure html element with this ID exists");
return;
}

SetCountdownText(initialValue);
window.setTimeout("CountDownTick()", 1000);
}

function CountDownTick() {
if (_currentSeconds <= 0) {
alert("your time has expired!");
return;
}

SetCountdownText(_currentSeconds-1);
window.setTimeout("CountDownTick()", 1000);
}

function SetCountdownText(seconds) {
//store:
_currentSeconds = seconds;

//get minutes:
var minutes=parseInt(seconds/60);

//shrink:
seconds = (seconds%60);

//get hours:
var hours=parseInt(minutes/60);

//shrink:
minutes = (minutes%60);

//build text:
var strText = AddZero(hours) + ":" + AddZero(minutes) + ":" + AddZero(seconds);

//apply:
_countDowncontainer.innerHTML = strText;
}

function AddZero(num) {
return ((num >= 0)&&(num < 10))?"0"+num:num+"";
}


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History of Java

I would like to share a brief history of Java that I've read in Wikipedia. But first of all, what is Java? Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.

Here's a brief history: James Gosling initiated the Java language project in June 1991 for use in one of his many set-top box projects. The language, initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office, also went by the name Green and ended up later renamed as Java, from a list of random words. Gosling aimed to implement a virtual machine and a language that had a familiar C/C++ style of notation.

Sun released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1995. It promised "Write Once, Run Anywhere" (WORA), providing no-cost run-times on popular platforms. Fairly secure and featuring configurable security, it allowed network- and file-access restrictions. Major web browsers soon incorporated the ability to run Java applets within web pages, and Java quickly became popular. With the advent of Java 2 (released initially as J2SE 1.2 in December 1998), new versions had multiple configurations built for different types of platforms. For example, J2EE targeted enterprise applications and the greatly stripped-down version J2ME for mobile applications. J2SE designated the Standard Edition. In 2006, for marketing purposes, Sun renamed new J2 versions as Java EE, Java ME, and Java SE, respectively.

Now Java is widely used as the main programming language in building web apps and softwares. If you don't know Java yet, you should learn about it because you can do a lot of wondrous applications with Java!