Good Luck!
Subscribe to my most-recent-items feed and know when new tutorials are posted:
My Other Tutorials:
Tutorial: How to Install Ruby on Rails with Instant Rails and Create a Website Using JEdit and the Ruby Plugin
How to Install Ruby on Rails with Instant Rails and Create a Website Using JEdit and the Ruby Plugin
Tutorial: How to Install the Android SDK on Windows XP and Create an Application that Runs in the Cell Phone Emulator
How to Install the Android SDK on Windows XP and Create an Application that Runs in the Cell Phone Emulator
Tutorial: How to Create a Website with Datapod
How to Create a Website with Datapod
Tutorial: Install a PHP Development Environment with Eclipse PDT, Apache 2.2, PHP 5, MySQL 5, and phpMyAdmin Using XAMPP Lite
Install a PHP Development Environment with Eclipse PDT, Apache 2.2, PHP 5, MySQL 5, and phpMyAdmin Using XAMPP Lite
Tutorial: Install Fedora 6 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
Install Fedora 6 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
Tutorial: Install Perl 5 on Windows XP and Get a Perl Hello World Running
Install Perl 5 on Windows XP and Get a Perl Hello World Running
Tutorial: Install Ubuntu 7.04 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
Install Ubuntu 7.04 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
Tutorial: Setup a PHP Development Environment on Windows XP With Apache, PHP 5, MySQL 5, SQLite, Eclipse, Subversion, PHPMyAdmin, and Datapod
Setup a PHP Development Environment on Windows XP With Apache, PHP 5, MySQL 5, SQLite, Eclipse, Subversion, PHPMyAdmin, and Datapod
Tutorial: Install OpenSuse 10.2 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
Install OpenSuse 10.2 in VMWare on Windows XP and connect it to your network
T U T O R I A L  
Install Java on Windows XP and Learn the Basics of Java 6 using the NetBeans IDE
This tutorial shows you how to install the Java 6 JDK on Windows XP and teaches you how to write a HelloWorld example in Java by using the NetBeans IDE.
This workshop has a screenshot and comment box on each step. You can post without registering. Good luck!
1. Download Java  2. Install Java  3. HelloWorld at command prompt  4. Download and Install NetBeans  5. HelloWorld in NetBeans  6. Arrays  7. Multidimensional Arrays  8. ArrayLists with Generics  9. HashMaps with Generics
1. Download Java
We will first go to the Sun site, find the right download (it's a jungle), and download it.
1.
Goto developers.sun.com/downloads.
sun site
Stone Deft: At this point apache mysql and phpmyadmin is already installed and you can skip this step if you prefer to use dreamweaver or other php editors other than eclipse
arrow pointing right
reply
post comment or question
2.
Click on the Java SE (JDK) 6 link.
download jdk
uninstall: I have 2 java programs running and I can't uninstall one of them because it says there was a fatal error when installing it
arrow pointing right
reply
Joel: I'm pretty sure you only need a JRE to run Eclipse, not the full JDK.
arrow pointing right
BitJunky: JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient) http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html
arrow pointing right
reply
post comment or question
3.
Click on the  Download  button for JDK 6u1.
jdk6u1
krisavi: I clicked it and it gives me that download server is down, where I can download JDK 6u1 then?
arrow pointing right
Edward: I just tried it and got "Notice: We're Offline for System Upgrades" as well. Just wait a bit and try again.
arrow pointing right
reply
Ward Christensen: Only offers 6u2 07/08/07. 6u1 SDK EE stilll there. I'm going to DL 6u2 (and I was impressed how up-to-date all the comments so far have been!) This is WONDERFUL!
arrow pointing right
reply
Johnny: I can't find any 6u1 or 2 there.
arrow pointing right
student: i did the 6u4 one
arrow pointing right
himanshu: JDK 6 Update 6 is the latest. sincerely, Himanshu.
arrow pointing right
Hamed: if it has the explanation which says : "The Java SE Development Kit (JDK) includes the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) and command-line development tools that are useful for developing applets and applications." thats enough. for example i downloaded the Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 Update 10.
arrow pointing right
reply
lini: i cant find jdk 6u1
arrow pointing right
reply
steve: jdk-6u7-windows-i586-p.exe #sept-27th-08#
arrow pointing right
reply
Qn: JDK 6u7 the newest one.
arrow pointing right
reply
AH: i cant find jdk 6u1 either.
arrow pointing right
reply
post comment or question
4.
Click Accept.
click accept
post comment or question
5.
Click on Windows Offline Installation, Multi-language.
offline version
Chill: This is the message i get when i try to download it, "There are no 64-bit versions of the Java Plugin, Java Web Start or Java Control Panel; however the 32-bit versions of the JRE can be installed on 64-bit systems in order to obtain this functionality. Note that only 32-bit browsers are supported at this time." What to do now???
arrow pointing right
reply
post comment or question
6.
Click  OK  to save it to disk.
save to disk
post comment or question
7.
Save it to C:\download\java6.
download java6 directory
Johnny: You make a your own folder first right?
arrow pointing right
Edward: Right, the main thing is that you just download it somewhere and execute it.
arrow pointing right
reply
post comment or question
8.
Wait a couple minutes.
couple minutes download
post comment or question
9.
After it has finished downloading, you will have this file in your directory.
downloaded
post comment or question
Go to the next section:
This site was made with Datapod.