


Java 8, 11 and 17 are the current long-term support (LTS) versions. JAVA_HOME is an operating system environment variable which is used for setting the file system location where the JDK or JRE is installed.

JDK is full-featured Java Development Kit which includes development tools to provide an environment to develop Java applications and Java Runtime Environment to execute our programs. Java IDEs are the IDEs that are developed for making the process of building any java application much faster and easier. An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software that acts as a text editor, debugger, and compiler all in one.
