On 20.12.23 01:30, Judi Rastall wrote:
If I may introduce myself: I am a hobbyist. I am teaching myself Java
through reading books and other online sources...
cool! This is probably one of the best ways how to get into programming.
Find something you want to write and then try to get there somehow with
the help of books/guides etc.
... I didn't realise that the professional development community had
moved on and was now plugged into Oracle and Java.net which seem to be
under totally different care and maintenance.
NetBeans has also a JDK downloader integrated, if you want to see all
the different versions and vendors you can access it under:
Tools -> Java Platforms -> Add Platform -> Download OpenJDK
So it seems that I need to refocus my attention to JDK21 from Oracle
and cross my fingers and hope that my current project survives the
sudden upgrade.
If you encounter problems, upgrade in steps, 8->11->17->21. But most
programs will work fine on 21 if you don't have too many trouble making
dependencies.
best regards,
-mbien
Regards,
Judi Rastall
On 19/12/2023 23:25, Scott Palmer wrote:
Some of this confusion is caused by the fact that there is no longer
a separate JRE download. Java.com was targeted at end users, not
developers. There is indeed no update to the Java 8 JRE as the JRE is
discontinued. The JDK is a different story.
Scott
On Dec 18, 2023, at 2:55 PM, Leo Donahue <donahu...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 13:09 Stephen Winnall <st...@winnall.ch> wrote:
Why is everyone avoiding answering Judi’s question?
On the NetBeans main page, it says indirectly that you can't install
with java 8, you need 11+
Deployment Platforms
The Apache NetBeans 20 binary releases require JDK 11+, and
officially support running on JDK 11, 17 and 21.
https://netbeans.apache.org/front/main/download/nb20/
I don’t pretend to be the expert but the answer to Judi’s
question is: download newer (post-v8) versions of Java from Zulu
(https://www.azul.com/downloads/?package=jdk#zulu) or some other
OpenJDK site.
Cheers,
Steve
On 18 Dec 2023, at 19:04, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 18.12.23 18:22, Judi Rastall wrote:
I go to my Java installation (which says it is Java v8 update
391), click on check for updates, and it tells me I have the
latest version.
java isn't going to update to the next major version on
windows. I don't think the newer JDKs have even an updater
anymore (not sure, might be vendor dependent).
The easiest way to get started on windows is to use one of the
community installers which bundle a current JDK with NB in one
package. If you don't want that, then check the requirements on
the download page and install a supported JDK of a vendor you
prefer.
-mbien
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org
For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
