Note: f you are having problems you should post a question to the class discussion group so others can offer advice or tell you what they did.  Also, you can come by la hours and we will try to help you.

Working at home or on a laptop has its benefits and I recommend you download the Java Platform Standard Edition and either Eclipse or BlueJ if you have a computer at home or laptop.

Please go to here to download the Download Java Standard Edition 8.0 Development Kit. You want the JDK. Not just the JRE or Server JRE.

The installation instructions for Windows machines are here. Instructions for Linux are here. For Mac's go to this page.

Pick the appropriate link.  I will talk through what to do if you are using Windows. 

To download and install the Java Platform Standard Edition Development Kit.

1. Go to this page to download the correct version of the JDK for your machine. https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
   
2. Select your platform.
    
3. After downloading click the file icon to start the installer if it does not start automatically.
    
4. After downloading and installing Java I recommend also downloading and installing Eclipse, a powerful, but complex IDE or BlueJ a simple, less powerful IDE. You are free to use whatever IDE (JCreator, BlueJ, DrJava, Emacs, VI, Notepad and command line) you want, but I have support pages for Eclipse and BlueJ.
    
5. If you want to download the Java documentation. Go to the download page where you got the JDK. Expand the "Additional Resources" menu:
   

That's all.  If you want more information on Java, there is an excellent tutorial at Sun's Java site.