Java for Fucking Idiots: Learn the Basics of Java Programming Without any experience!

Fun fact!
Some compilers of Java are written in Java. Many parts of the Java
language are also written in Java. Try and wrap your head around that shit.
What’s in the box?
Oracle is the company that maintains Java. They provide us developers
(that includes you now) with this majestic programming language and its
related tools in the form of the Java Development Kit (JDK). What’s
included?
The Java Compiler, so you can compile the programs written in
Java to bytecode, for the virtual machine to execute.
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM), so your computer can run
programs written in Java.
The Java Standard Library, so you don’t need to reinvent the
wheel to do common things many other Java programmers do.
A whole bunch of other shit.
But where’s the Java programming language itself? How do I install it?
The Java language is just a bunch of rules, really. It’s how we can type
words and characters in a combination that the compiler will understand.
You don’t install Java the programming language. It’d be like installing
English before you can write your essay.
You can write a Java program in Notepad, save it as a file with the name
“Hello.java”, then compile it and run in on the JVM no problem.

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Use your Googling skills to download the JDK from Oracle’s website
(choose whatever version makes you happy). Yes, Google, the search
engine. Get comfortable with it.
Search “Download JDK” or something like that. You want the JDK, not the
JRE, or any other thing.
When you get your hands on it, make sure you acknowledge their legal
agreements, or they’ll put you in jail for life.
You should see something like this:
Yeah Java 8 is old boomer shit by now, but it suits me well enough right
now.
Anyways if you’re on Windows, grab the Windows x64 one. If you’re on
Mac, grab the Mac one. Run the program that is downloaded. Java is now
installed; ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom.
Integrated development environments
Mechanics have toolkits. Carpenters have toolkits. Strippers have cool tits, I
mean toolkits, too.
We programmers also have toolkits to help us do our work. The big shebang
ones are called Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) that try to
give us everything we need, all-in-one, to write our software.

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Microsoft Word is like the IDE for writing papers, essays, novels, or mostly
anything involving word processing. It’s got tools for tables, paragraphs,
text color, text size, indents, lists, and holy shit so much that you can never
find when you need it.
You do not use Word for writing code. IntelliJ and Eclipse are examples of
IDEs for writing Java code.
IDEs like IntelliJ help us write the source code, compile it, run it, share it,
test it, rewrite it, you name it. They’re vital to be a productive member of
the programming society.
Which one should you use?