Introducing the Java Platform:--

• Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE): This kit is necessary for developing all applications, except those designed for consumer devices (See the Micro Edition). Java SE comes bundled with the compiler, a runtime environment, and core API.
• Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE): This packages includes an application server, web server, J2EE APIs, support for Enterprise JavaBeans, Java Servlets API, and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. Use J2EE with the Java SE.
• Web Applications: Sun Java Studio Creator IDE is great for quick and easy web application development. In addition, this IDE is built on NetBeans, starting with a subset of the functionality and extending it. Java Studio Creator allows you to build applications visually, like with MS Visual Basic for building asp.net applications. The programming part is cleanly separated from the UI part.
• Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME): If you are interested in developing programs for Palm Pilots, screen phones, and other consumer devices, this kit provides tools for compiling, deployment and device configuration, and APIs that are specialized for each type of device.

Java^TM SE 6 Platform at a Glance

This document covers the Java^TM Platform, Standard Edition 6 JDK. Its product version number is 6 and developer version number is 1.6.0, as described in Platform Name and Version Numbers. For programmer guides or information on a feature of the JDK, click on a component in the diagram below.

JDK		Java Language		Java Language
		Tools & Tool APIs		java javac javadoc apt jar javap JPDA jconsole Security Int'l RMI IDL Deploy Monitoring Troubleshoot Scripting JVM TI
		JRE	Deployment Technologies	Deployment Java Web Start Java Plug-in
			User Interface Toolkits	AWT Swing Java 2D Accessibility Drag n Drop Input Methods Image I/O Print Service Sound		Java SE API
			Integration Libraries	IDL JDBCTM JNDITM RMI RMI-IIOP Scripting
			Other Base Libraries	Beans Intl Support I/O JMX JNI Math Networking Override Mechanism Security Serialization Extension Mechanism XML JAXP
			lang and util Base Libraries	lang and util Collections Concurrency Utilities JAR Logging Management Preferences API Ref Objects Reflection Regular Expressions Versioning Zip Instrument
			Java Virtual Machine	Java HotspotTM Client VM Java HotspotTM Server VM
		Platforms		SolarisTM Linux Windows Other