04. Java Development Kit

Java Development Kit (JDK)

What is the Java Development Kit?

**Java Development Kit **is a package containing the tools used to compile and package Java programs, along with the core libraries used to write Java programs. It also contains the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which is used to run Java programs.

Useful JDK Tools:

• javac: Compile source files into class files
• java: Execute java programs on the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
• JRE: Collection of environment-specific libraries needed to run Java on this device
• More! - jar, jpackage, jshell, jdeps, keytool and more…