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- ⌐ 1996, Que Corporation
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- NOTE: Chapter 1 of the book also covers installation of the JDK.
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- Both versions of the JDK are self extracting archive files: you must
- first copy the file from the CD-ROM before you can unpack it (You cannot
- unpack it directly from the CD-ROM).
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- On the CD-ROM, the compressed file that contains the JDK is called JDK.EXE.
- After copying the file to your hard disk (or after downloading the JDK from
- Sun), you install it by double-clicking the self-extracting compressed file.
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- When the files have been extracted, you can move the resultant JAVA
- folder anywhere you like on your hard disk, although you'll probably
- want it on the disk's root directory, which is where the book's
- examples assume it's located.
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- If you examine the folders that make up the JDK, you'll see that the BIN
- folder holds the developer tools such as the compiler, the interpreter,
- the debugger, and the profiler. The DEMO folder contains the many example
- applets that you can examine to learn more about the Java language and how
- it's used. In your JAVA folder, you'll also find a file called SRC.ZIP.
- This compressed file contains the source code for the classes included
- with the Java language.
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- Although the JDK includes many executable files, it doesn't make sense
- to add these files to your Start menu because they must be run from the
- Run dialog box or from a DOS command window.