Java Programming Part 9 : How to install Java Development Kit

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Firstly, download the latest JDK Standard Edition for Windows from oracle.com. Double click the binary.

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Double click an EXE file to install
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Accept the License Agreement.

The JDK installation process begins.

For the second stage, select components that you want to install. Select all components. Click Next when you finish.

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Java Programming Part 6: What is Java?

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Java is a high-level programming language originally developed by Sun Micro-systems and released in 1995. Java runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. 
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Java programming language was originally developed by Sun Microsystems which was initiated by James Gosling and released in 1995 as core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform (Java 1.0 [J2SE]).

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What are the main areas where Java is used?

Android Apps

if you want to see where Java is used, you are not too far away. Open your Android phone and any app, they are actually written in Java programming language

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Software Tools

Many useful software and development tools are written and developed in Java e.g. Eclipse, InetelliJ Idea and Netbeans IDE.

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The Java compiler javac transforms a .java source file into a .class file that is written in Java bytecode, which is the machine language for an imaginary machine known as the Java Virtual Machine.

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Java Programming Part 5: Compiler and Interpreter

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Compiler is a program that compiles source code into executable instructions that a computer can understand.
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Interpreter is a program that executes programming code directly. Interpreter can convert a source code, usually on a step-by-step, line-by-line and unit-by-unit basis into machine code.

Example of interpreted languages : 

Python
JavaScript 
Pearl
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