diff --git a/guide/english/java/index.md b/guide/english/java/index.md index 6a2f2ed2eb..3d6e171f3d 100644 --- a/guide/english/java/index.md +++ b/guide/english/java/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Java **What is Java?** -Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995, which got later acquired by Oracle. It's now a full platform with lots of standard APIs, open source APIs, tools, a huge developer community, and is used to build the most trusted enterprise solutions by big and small companies alike. Android application development is done fully with Java and its ecosystem. To know more about Java, read this and this. +Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995, which was later acquired by Oracle. It's now a full platform with lots of standard APIs, open source APIs, tools, a huge developer community, and is used to build the most trusted enterprise solutions by big and small companies alike. Android application development is done fully with Java and its ecosystem. To know more about Java, read this and this. ## Version @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Java is also divided into several "Editions" : ## Installation : JDK or JRE ? -Download the latest Java binaries from the official website. Here you may be faced with a question: which one should I download, JDK or JRE? JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment, which is the platform dependent Java Virtual Machine to run Java codes. JDK stands for Java Development Kit, which consists of most of the development tools, most importantly the compiler `javac`, and also the JRE. So, for an average user JRE would be sufficient, but since we would be developing with Java, we would download the JDK. +Download the latest Java binaries from the official website. Here you may be faced with a question: which one should I download, JDK or JRE? JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment, which is the platform dependent Java Virtual Machine to run Java codes. JDK stands for Java Development Kit, which consists of most of the development tools, most importantly the compiler `javac`, and also the JRE. So, for an average user JRE would be sufficient, but since we will be developing with Java, we should download the JDK. ## Platform specific installation instructions