To download JDK 1.8, perform the following steps:
- Visit the preceding Oracle's page for downloads.
- On that page, click the JDK Download link. After the click, you will see the content page for JDK 1.8 installers as shown in the following image:
- Select Accept License Agreement by clicking its radio button.
- Start downloading the JDK depending on the operating system and architecture of your development machine. In the case of this book, we will be choosing the option jdk-8u112-windows-x64 since the operating system used by this book will be 64-bit.
- After saving the installer into the filesystem, run the installer and proceed ...