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2. Preparing Your Development Environment

Iuliana Cosmina1  
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Edinburgh, UK
 
To start learning Java, your computer needs to be set up as a Java development machine. Thus, here are the requirements:

  • Java support on your computer is kinda mandatory.

  • An integrated development environment, also known as an IDE, which is basically an application in which you write your code. An IDE assists you when writing code, compiling it and executing it.

    • The recommended IDE for this book is IntelliJ IDEA. You can go to their website to get the free community edition; for the purposes of the book, it will do.

    • Or you can choose the most popular free IDE for Java ...

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