For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

There’s nothing worse than installing your favorite Java-based application — such as Minecraft, Maven, Jenkins or Apache Pig — only to run into a JAVA_HOME is ...

The previous section discussed how to obtain and set up Java for both Windows and Linux personal computers. Now, we're going to talk briefly about the Java language itself. Again, we're not trying to ...