The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.

I installed java today and created the traditional hello world console application called first.java. I set the PATH stuff and whatnot, and the Sun tutorial says type in "javac first.java ...

Earlier this month, Oracle released a new version of Java, 1.6.0_21 (6u21). Unfortunately as Eclipse users quickly discovered, it was incompatible with Eclipse and Eclipse Rich Client Platform ...