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Installing WinRAR
Installing BlueJ
Downloading BlueJ Standalone on Windows
Use any of your favorite compression tool like WinZip, WinRAR, 7Zip, etc. and extract the downloaded zip file. You will find a file named bluej. You can start running BlueJ by double clicking it. This download for Windows includes a copy of the JDK (the Java system) — this does not need to be installed separately.
More information about the use of BlueJ is included in the BlueJ Tutorial. The tutorial is accessible via the BlueJ Tutorial item in BlueJ’s Help menu.
Using local API documentation
You can use a local copy of the Java class library (API) documentation. That way, access to the documentation is faster and you can use the documentation without being online. To do this, download the Java documentation file from http://www.oracle.com/ technetwork/ java/javase/downloads/ (a zip file) and unzip it at a location where you want to store the Java documentation. This will create a folder named docs.
Then open a web browser, and, using the Open File . . . . (or equivalent) function, open the file docs/api/index.html. Once the API view is correctly displayed in the browser, copy the URL (web address) from your browser’s address field, open BlueJ, open the Preferences dialog, go to the Miscellaneous tab, and paste the copied URL into the field labeled JDK documentation URL. Using the Java Class Libraries item from the Help menu should now open your local copy.
Installing Git
Installing GitHub Desktop
Installing JDK
JDK 11
JDK 17
Installation Instructions
Which JDK should You Choose?
How to Install Java on Windows 64 bit Machine