Java Development Kit (JDK)

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a software development environment used for developing applications and applets with Java programming language. It includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), an interpreter/loader (Java), a compiler (Javac), an archiver (Jar), a documentation generator (Javadoc) and other tools needed in Java development. In essence, JDK provides the basis for the JAVA platform and is used to code and run Java programs