Installing the Java Software Development Kit
Before proceeding with some of the examples provided in this book, you must have Java installed on your computer. Java is a versatile, high-level programming language that allows developers to create applications that can run on almost any computer, from desktops to mobile devices. Java comes in several editions, with the Java Standard Edition (Java SE) being the most commonly used one. For this book, we will install the OpenJDK 11 version of the Java Software Development Kit (SDK), which includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) necessary to run Java applications and the compilers and debuggers needed for development.
In the next sections, we will describe the process of installing the SDK on Windows and Mac manually, as well as using the Windows installer or Mac Homebrew. For Linux users, the process should be similar to installing manually on a Mac.
In this appendix, we will cover the following topics:
- Installing the Java...
