The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.

Java 18 incubates a vector API, previews pattern matching for switch expressions, adopts UTF-8 as the default character set, includes a simple web server, and more.

With the latest release of the JDK, Oracle has embarked upon a new Java versioning scheme. There has always been a disconnect between the branding of the Java product and the version of the underlying ...

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 18, the latest version of what is claimed to be the world's number one programming language and developm.

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.