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Which version of Java SDK to download?


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My PC's processor is AMD Athlon 64 2800+

1.80 GHz, 192 MB RAM

I wanted to learn Java and so went to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp. I was about to download "NetBeans IDE + JDK 5.0" when I noticed that they also have "JDK 5.0 Release Candidate for Windows AMD64" at the end of the page. Is it better to DL this RC for AMD64 and then later separately install NetBeans or it doesn't really matter if I just go ahead and install the generic (for all processors) SDK that comes along w/ NetBeans?

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Hey,

If you just started to learn Java, then do not care about the version number of JDK.

And you definitelly do not need to worry about AMD 64 support :)

Just get any JDK version and start from beginer tutorials at java.sun.com.

It will be a good start for first days.

Then decide what do you want to learn as a next step - web programming or may be standalone applications.

As result start to see documentation and tutorials for JSP/Servlets (if you choose web part) or Swing for standalone applications.

If you do not like tutorials/docs from java.sun.com - get a book :)

Good luck with Java. It's very good choice!

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Well, 1.5 was just released, and i totally don't recommend getting or using NetBeans, either a nice TextPad application or Eclipse, or JCreator, netbeans would scare you, start off with console applications, dont dive into GUIs or youll say sorry, you gotta get a strong grasp of OOP, since java is all about Objects.

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Agree!

First steps in Java must be done in text editor or VERY SIMPLE GUI.

It's very important to understnad each line of code at the moment you start to learn basics, so nothing can be better then text editor here.

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