Choose one of these lessons
and follow its steps
to create your first Java program.
Getting the Java Developers Kit (JDK)
will tell you how to download
[or, if we ship a CD, "how to extract"]
the JDK from our website
[or "from the CD at the back of this book"].
If you already have the JDK,
you can skip this section.
The "Hello World" Application
is where you should start
if you're interested in writing a stand-alone application --
a Java program that executes independently of any browser.
The "Hello World" Applet
is the place to start
if you want to write an applet --
a Java program to be included in HTML pages
and executed in a Java-compatible browser.
