The Java Development Kit (JDK) is one of three core technology packages used in Java programming, along with the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). It’s important to differentiate between these three technologies and understand how they’re connected:
- The JVM is the runtime that hosts running programs.
- The JRE is the on-disk part of Java that creates the JVM and loads programs into them.
- The JDK provides the tools necessary to write Java programs that can be executed and run by the JVM and JRE.
