Download Java Platform Standard Edition (SE) 7 for Windows and Linux:

• Click here (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html) to download Java JDK. Be sure to choose Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 7 to download.
• Instructions of installing and using JDK7 (pdf)

Typical Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs):

Java IDEs provide tools that support the software-development process, including editors for writing and editing programs and debuggers for locating logic errors that cause programs to execute incorrectly.

Some popular IDEs:

• JCreator (www.jcreator.com) (I'd suggest to use JCreator. Be sure to download and install JDK first. You do not need to set up the path to use JDK. Then download and install JCreator.)
• Eclipse (www.eclipse.org)
• NetBeans (www.netbeans.org)
• JBuilder (www.codegear.com)
• BlueJ (www.blueJ.org)
• jGRASP (www.jgrasp.org)

Obtain a Copy of Java for Apple Operating System:

• A Java version for Mac OS X can be downloaded from Apple's website. The URL is http://support.apple.com/downloads/#JAVA

Web Site for the Fouth Edition of the Text Book:

• Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design by John Lewis and William Loftus

Useful Links:

Java Sites

• Oracle's home for Java technology
• Oracle’s New to Java Programming Center
• An online tutorial for Java basics
• A magazine for the Java community

• Webopedia - an online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.
• Whatis.com - definitions for thousands of the most current IT-related words.
• Wikipedia - a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

• ACM - the Association for Computing Machinery, the premeire computing organization
• IEEE Computer Society - the division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers devoted to computing
• IEEE Standards Association - an international membership organization serving today's industries with a complete portfolio of standards programs.
• ITU - International Telecommunications Union
• World Wide Web Consortium - the primary organization guiding the evolution of Web technologies
• U.S. Federal Communications Commission - the primary regulatory agency for telecommunications in the United States

• Decimal Number System
• Binary Number System - a number system uses a base number of 2 instead of 10
• A Tutorial on Binary Numbers
• Conversion Between Different Number Systems
• Analog vs. Digital
• ASCII code

• CNet Tech News - current technical for computers, networking and IT
• CNET - a computing and technology news source
• ZDNET - also a computing and technology news source
• Tom's Hardware Guide: Home page and News - a leading website for hardware and technology reviews and news
• The PC Guide - offers detailed PC reference information
• Network Magazine - a good entry level magazine for networking
• Windows and .NET Magazine - a good magazine highlighting Microsoft networking
• Tech Web - a business technology portal
• The Tech - an online museum of technology
• Tom’s Hardware Guide: Home page and News - a leading website for hardware and technology reviews and news
• The PC Guide - Offers detailed PC reference information
• Web History - the W3C's history of the WWW
• Charles Babbage Institute - Center for the history of information technology
• Computer History Museum - a huge set of archives and exhibits
• CertCities - news and information about computer and IT certifications
• CertTutor.net - practice exams and practical advice for people seeking IT certification
• Braindump Central - a valuable site to get sample questions for certification exams