Re: Java for RPG Programmers, 2nd edition still useful ?

On 2/4/2015 10:42 AM, Dan wrote:

From the book: "...you should get the JDK for Windows from

www.java.sun.com/products (follow the link for Java 2 SDK)." Obviously,
this is obsolete. The link took me to Oracle's website, and I'm not really
sure where to go from here. I'm guessing all of the software on the CD-ROM
is obsolete; it includes:
* Eclipse SDK Release 1.0 for Windows
* IBM Toolbox for Java
* IBM Java Runtime Environment
It looks like the Toolbox is available for download from IBM.
Also, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ appears to have the
complete package.

As you can tell, I'm a bit confused as to what I should download and
install. Any advice for a Java noob?

As an RPG programmer who uses a little Java in my RPG code, I can tell
you that I didn't download anything to use Java with RPG. I don't think
your immediate intent is to use Java with RPG, so I posted a bit more on
the Java list.