2024 is a great time to start working with Java, because 2023's Java 21 release has some amazing new features. Here's how to quickly download and install the Java 21 JDK.

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

The following command permanently points JAVA_HOME to the location you set: setx JAVA_HOME -m "C:\_jdk25.0" The option to manually set JAVA_HOME through the command line is especially useful if you ...

To develop or run Java applications, you first need to install Java to act as an interpreter. For this, you’ll need the Java Development Kit, or JDK.