Installing Java 7

In the past I'd tried installing the Java 7 JDK but the Installer would never successfully complete.

I eventually got it to install by downloading the combined JDK & NetBeans Installer.

I still don't know why this installation problem exists. A quick search on the Internet doesn't provide many answers as most people who are encountering these problems are using Linux rather than Windows.

Programming in Lisp

A lot more people seem to be talking about Lisp nowadays, if you don't know what it is you might want to check out this Wikipedia page & there's a very good tutorial for learning Lisp here.

The easiest way to install a version of Lisp if you're using Windows is to visit the newLisp website here & download a copy. The newLisp IDE requires Java, so you'll need to get a copy of the JRE from here.

New Java Version released

A new version of Java has been released & can be downloaded from here. As I occasionally write programs in Java I downloaded the JDK 6 Update 12 version.

Processing

Processing is an Open Source programming language that I first heard about in this post on the Ubuntu forum. You can download it from here, I recommend you get the Java version even if you've got a JDK already installed.

Java for OpenSUSE

Need a JDK or JRE for OpenSUSE? Then look here.

Java in Google Chrome

You need to be using Version 6 Update 10, which you can download from here.

Java JDK for Ubuntu

If you want to install the Java JDK for Ubuntu just type the following in a terminal.

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

Java Test

Want to know whether or not you've got the latest version of the JRE installed?

Go here, if you see the dancing Duke logo you've got Java installed.

If you haven't got it installed I suggest you download it from here.