Let's walk through the process of downloading and setting up Java environment on MAC. JAVA_HOME is used for setting up the environment variable which points to the location where JAVA is installed. Java IDEs are developed for making the process of building any java application much faster and easier.
IDEs are basically used for writing code in a much more efficient manner.
Setting up Java Home and IDE are essential to run and develop java programs. Java can be used to develop mobile apps, web apps, games and much more. Java is class-based, object-oriented programming language and is platform-independent and can run on a number of platforms, such as Windows, MAC OS, Linux, etc. It was developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems Inc in the year 1991. Java is the name of an island in Indonesia where the first coffee(named java coffee) was produced. Java is one of the most popular and widely used programming languages.
JAVA_HOME is used for setting up the environment variable for JAVA. JDK is full-featured development kit which includes development tools to provide an environment to develop Java programs and Java Runtime Environment to execute our program. Java IDEs are the IDEs that are developed for making the process of building any java application much faster and easier.
An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software that acts as a text editor, debugger, and compiler all in one.