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.

This latest version of Java, due to arrive as a production release on September 16, has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.

Since the release of Java SE 8, Oracle and the Java community have collaborated on more than 100 new enhancements that were added through JDK 9, 10, and 11. Oracle is throwing a spotlight on two in ...