User:Ciprian Dorin Craciun/Tools/Java

Miscellaneous

Usually by Java we mean:

• The Java language;
• The Java RE -- Runtime Environment;
• The Java SDK -- Software Development Kit;
• The Java platform;

In order to only run applications we just need the JRE -- Java Runtime environment -- downloadable from: [1];

In order to develop applications we need at least:

• Java SDK -- Java Software Development Kit -- downloadable from: [2];
• an application to edit the .java files:
  • any text editor would do;
  • or an IDE like:
    • Eclipse -- see User:Ciprian Dorin Craciun/Tools/Eclipse;
    • Netbeans -- see wikipedia:NetBeans;

Usually we shall use Java 5 or Java 6.

Links

• wikipedia:Java (programming language)
• wikipedia:Java Runtime Environment
• wikipedia:Java Platform, Standard Edition
• wikipedia:Runtime
• wikipedia:Software development kit
• http://java.sun.com/

Tutorials

• The Java Tutorials

Books

• Thinking in Java -- Bruce Eckel -- available on-line