Text editing software for HTML and Java:
  TextPad web site

Image editing software:
  Irfanview web site

Sun Java SDK:    http://java.sun.com

Java Documentation:   http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/index.html http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/search.html

After installing the Sun Java SDK, you need to add the jdk/bin directory to the execution path.  The string you use might not be C:\jdk\bin, but rather something like C:\j2sdk1.4.0_01\bin, or wherever you installed the SDK.

• Under Windows 95/98/Me, place a line such as the following at the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
  SET PATH=%PATH;C:\jdk\bin
• Under Windows NT/2000/XP, start the control panel, select System, then Environment.  Scroll through the User Variables window until you find a variable named PATH.  Add the jdk\bin directory to the ending of the path, using a semicolon to separate the new entry:
  original stuff;C:\jdk\bin

Java for Students book website.

Core Java book website.

Core Web programming book website.

Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages  book website.

  A great place for Java learners.

The Java Robocode project by IBM.    

   Bejeweled.  This game is written in java and is an excellent way to test if Java is installed correctly for your browser.  If you are using the Sun Java VM you will see a coffee cup in the tray when Java starts.  If you are using the Microsoft Java VM you will see nothing in the tray.

Download the Microsoft VM or SDK only as a last resort.  Microsoft does not embrace Java.

Microsoft Java SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/java

You may need to install the Microsoft SDK if Internet Explorer breaks after installing the Sun Java VM or SDK.  If you are running Windows XP and don't have a Microsoft java VM, then download the latest service pack for XP which provides the Java VM.