Environment Setup

   Java SE is freely available download from the here. So you download a version based on your operating system.download java and run the .exe to install Java on your machine. Once you installed Java on your machine, you would need to set environment variables to point to correct installation directories:

Setting up the path for windows:

        ·  Assuming you have installed Java in c:\Program Files\java\jdk directory:
·  Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.
·  Click on the 'Environment variables' button under the 'Advanced' or ‘Advance system setting’ tab.
·  Now, alter the 'Path' variable so that it also contains the path to the Java executable. Example, if the is currently set to 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32',then change your path to read 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32;c:\Program Files\java\jdk\bin'.


java Editors:

To write your Java programs, you will need a text editor. There are even more sophisticated IDEs available in the market. But for now, you can consider one of the following:
  · Notepad or Notepad++:  On Windows machine you can use any simple text editor like Notepad (Recommended).
  · Netbeans: is a Java IDE that is open-source and free which can be downloaded from here.
  · Eclipse: is also a Java IDE developed by the eclipse open-source community and can be downloaded from here