Spring MVC Beginner’s Guide

Time for action – setting up environment variables

After installing JDK, we still need to perform some more configurations to use Java conveniently from any directory on our computer. By setting up the environment variables for Java in the Windows operating system, we can make the Java compiler and tools available to the entire operating system:

1. Navigate to Control Panel | System | Advanced system settings.
2. A System Properties window will appear; in this window, select the Advanced tab and click on the Environment Variables button to open the environment variables window.
3. Now, click on the New button in the System variables panel, enter JAVA_HOME as the variable name, and enter the installed JDK directory path as the variable value; in our case, ...