Java Installation Guidance
Installing Java on my machine was, shall we say, a challenge. I installed JDK 21 multiple times, but no matter how many times I executed the downloaded file, or restarted my machine, it would not show up as a program in my start menu. JRE 8 installed with no issue at all, but when I downloaded Eclipse, JRE 8 was not recognized by the IDE. I uninstalled everything and started over. This time I downloaded the executable file for JDK 17 for Windows from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17 and followed the installation instructions step-by-step from https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/install/installation-jdk-microsoft-windows-platforms.html#GUID-DAF345BA-B3E7-4CF2-B87A-B6662D691840 . I still wasn't sure if it had downloaded correctly because Eclipse still didn't want to find the JDK. So I uninstalled Eclipse again and downloaded NetBeans instead. Lo and behold...SUCCESS! Using the Hello World! tutorial at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/t...