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Choose one of these lessons and follow its steps to create your first Java program.Getting the Java Developers Kit (JDK) will tell you how to download [or, if we ship a CD, "how to extract"] the JDK from our website [or "from the CD at the back of this book"]. If you already have the JDK, you can skip this section.
The "Hello World" Application is where you should start if you're interested in writing a stand-alone application -- a Java program that executes independently of any browser.
The "Hello World" Applet is the place to start if you want to write an applet -- a Java program to be included in HTML pages and executed in a Java-compatible browser.
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