Archived: Downloading and Installing JDK 12

This section describes how to download and install JDK 12 on a Windows system.

The current version of JDK is JDK 12, which is also called Java SE (Standard Edition) 12 Here is what I did to download and install JDK 12 on my Windows machine.

The picture below shows you how the JDK 12 Installation Screen looks like:

JDK 12 Installation Screen
JDK 12 Installation Screen

To test the installation, open a command window to try the java command. If you are getting the following output, your installation is good:

herong> \progra~1\java\jdk-12.0.1\bin\java -version

java version "12.0.1" 2019-04-16
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 12.0.1+12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 12.0.1+12, mixed mode, sharing)

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JDK (Java Development Kit)

 Introduction of Java Swing Package

 Graphics Environment of the Local System

 JFrame - Main Frame Class

 JLabel - Swing Label Class

 JButton - Swing Button Class

 JCheckBox - Swing Check Box Class

 JRadioButton - Swing Radio Button Class

 JTextField - Swing Text Field Class

 JComboBox - Swing Combo Box Class

 Menu Bar, Menus, Menu Items and Listeners

 Creating Internal Frames inside the Main Frame

 Layout of Components in a Container

 LookAndFeel and UIManager

 Option Dialog Boxes

 JEditorPane - The Editor Pane Class

 SwingWorker - The Background Task Worker

 AWT (Abstract Windows Toolkit)

 Integration with Desktop System

Archived Tutorials

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Archived: Downloading and Installing JDK 12

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 References

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