The JDK is the development platform for building Java applications. Learn about different JDK versions, then install a JDK in your development environment and use it to compile a Java program.

Oracle's JDK 8 Release Manager has offered assurances that this version the Java SE 8 Platform will ship in March, even with a few bugs.

Free is not a good dealOracle this week made Oracle JDK “available for free,” for personal, commercial and production use, including quarterly security updates, for a limited time. However ...