To develop software in Java a compiler is necessary and tools can make it much easier. You are going to need the following software installed on your computer:
Neccessary:
- openJDK - Java Compiler
- Maven - Build & Dependency Management
- Visual Studio Code - Write & edit source code
- git - Source code versioning
Recommended
- Java Mission Control - Observe the Java virtual machine
- Docker - Build and run containers
- NodeJS/NPM - Build and package Javascript applications (used for web frontends)
For each tool, you can download installation packages.
- Java: https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/
- Maven: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
- Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
- git: https://git-scm.com/downloads/win
If you work on a Windows computer without admin privileges, you can install software by downloading ZIP files. After uncompressing you need configure excution path to make all tools available. On Windows you can configure these for your user.
Please check your distribution's package manager - many necessary components can be installed this way.