The Developer Preview of the Java SE Development Kit version 7 (JDK 7) is now available for download, Oracle announced Wednesday.

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 released a major update the Java SE Development Kit (JDK 8) this week. Along with a number of security fixes, JDK 8 Update 40 (JDK 8u40) comes with improvements to the native packager, a new ...

The production release of Java Development Kit 12, based on Java SE (Standard Edition) 12, is now available. JDK 12 builds are available from Oracle for Linux, Windows, and MacOS.