Installing Java JDK on Windows - Your first step towards Java Development

There are lot of help and tutorials available for you to install JDK and would recommend to follow the oracle help for the installation. But as a windows users, may follow below if you want to save some time Download JDK from below link http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads Install JDK and JRE. Its a simple wizard. Setup following environment variables. Go to My Computer, Right click and select properties Click advance system settings Click Environment Variables Add following environment variable JAVA_HOME JRE_HOME Add following at the of you PATH (Environment) variable ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin Go to command prompt and type following command to test your setup java -version It should display the installed JDK version Environment Variables Path Variable