what is JDK?

JDK(Java development kit) which is used by developers to write programs contains

• JRE(Java Runtime Environment).

• Java C(compiler)

• Debugger

-other dev tools

It’s a Java application and applet development environment. JRE, a compiler, an interpreter or loader, and a number of development tools are all included in the Java Development Kit. Now we will walk through these development tools which come along with JDK:

• Java(loader/executor): responsible for launching Java applications

• javac(compiler): It is responsible for compilation of java programs

• Javadoc: provides support for generation of API documentation

• Jar: responsible for creating and managing all JAR files.