The Java Tutorials primarily describe features in Java SE 7. For best results, download JDK 7.

What's New

The Java Tutorials are continuously updated to keep up with changes to the Java Platform and to incorporate feedback from our readers. This release of the tutorials coincides with the release of JDK 7. You can find detailed information about the JDK 7 release in Java SE 7 Features and Enhancements.

The following trails and lessons have been updated for the JDK 7 release:

• The Project Coin updates have affected several sections in the Java Language and the Essential Classes trails. For a complete list, see the history page.
• The File I/O lesson, part of the Essential Classes trail, has been updated to correspond to the new file I/O API.
• Several sections have been added to the Swing tutorial, including the JLayer component, the Nimbus look and feel, and information on Translucent and Shaped Windows.
• The Deployment trail has many updated and new lessons, including the following – Deploying Without Codebase, Embedding JNLP File in Applet Tag, Handling Initialization Status With Event Handlers, and Customizing the Loading Experience.
• The Fork/Join section has been added to the Concurrency lesson.
• The Internationalization trail has been updated to reflect the updates as a result of the Unicode 6.0 work. For a list of the affected sections, see the history page.
• The JDBC Basics lesson of the JDBC trail has been completely reworked and updated.
• A trail introducing Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4 technology has been incorporated into the Java Tutorials.

Trails Covering the Basics

• Getting Started — An introduction to Java technology and lessons on installing Java development software and using it to create a simple program.
• Learning the Java Language — Lessons describing the essential concepts and features of the Java Programming Language.
• Essential Java Classes — Lessons on exceptions, basic input/output, concurrency, regular expressions, and the platform environment.
• Collections — Lessons on using and extending the Java Collections Framework.
• Swing — An introduction to the Swing GUI toolkit, with an overview of features and a visual catalog of components. See below for a more comprehensive tutorial on Swing.
• Deployment — How to package applications and applets using JAR files, and deploy them using Java Web Start and Java Plug-in.
• Preparation for Java Programming Language Certification — List of available training and tutorial resources.

Creating Graphical User Interfaces

• Creating a GUI with Swing — A comprehensive introduction to GUI creation on the Java platform.

Specialized Trails and Lessons

• Custom Networking — An introduction to the Java platform's powerful networking features.
• The Extension Mechanism — How to make custom APIs available to all applications running on the Java platform.
• Full-Screen Exclusive Mode API — How to write applications that more fully utilize the user's graphics hardware.
• Generics — An enhancement to the type system that supports operations on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety. Note that this lesson is for advanced users. The Java Language trail contains a Generics lesson that is suitable for beginners.
• Internationalization — An introduction to designing software so that it can be easily be adapted (localized) to various languages and regions.
• JavaBeans — The Java platform's component technology.
• JDBC Database Access — Introduces an API for connectivity between the Java applications and a wide range of databases and a data sources.
• JMX— Java Management Extensions provides a standard way of managing resources such as applications, devices, and services.
• JNDI— Java Naming and Directory Interface enables accessing the Naming and Directory Service such as DNS and LDAP.
• JAXP — Introduces the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4 technology.
• RMI — The Remote Method Invocation API allows an object to invoke methods of an object running on another Java Virtual Machine.
• Reflection — An API that represents ("reflects") the classes, interfaces, and objects in the current Java Virtual Machine.
• Security — Java platform features that help protect applications from malicious software.
• Sound — An API for playing sound data from applications.
• 2D Graphics — How to display and print 2D graphics in applications.
• Sockets Direct Protocol — How to enable the Sockets Direct Protocol to take advantage of InfiniBand.

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