IDG. Figure 2. Available JDK packages. Before you select the Java SE download, take a minute to look at the other options. There’s a lot cooking in the Java kitchen!

(Java Platform, Standard Edition) The Java operating environment installed in the user's computer. Owned by Oracle, Java SE contains the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) runtime engine and software ...

Sincerely, Pitiful Plugins. Dear Pitiful, Java is indeed a pain. But, the good news is few people actually need it in the first place. Here's what you need to know about what it does, what its ...

Java SE provides several APIs that support Web services. Along with various JAXP APIs (SAX, DOM, StAX, and so on) that I discuss in Java XML and JSON, Java SE provides the JAX-WS, JAXB, and SAAJ APIs: ...

Java SE and the JDK. The JDK is packaged with all of the libraries that are defined by Java SE. The standard APIs include packages for utilities, networking, input/output (I/O), cryptography and XML ...