In order to work through the exercises in this course, you will need the following software:

1. Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, version 5
2. Java EE 5 or Java EE 6

To download the Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition software, click on the link below.
J2EE SDK
You will be instructed on how to install the software later in the course.

If you are familiar with an IDE, please use that IDE to build your code.
If your IDE is not Java 2 SDK 1.2.2 compliant, then create your code with the IDE and simply compile it with "javac" and run it with the "java" or "appletviewer" interpreters.