What does J2SE means?

Hi chums...I have just finished the first chapter of "How to Program Java" by Paul Deitel & Harvey Deitel (Prince Hall Publication)....Second chapter is on Java Applets.......I don't have any idea about what does that mean....but just when the second chapter starts....there is one paragraph as given below:

" If you are using a Java Development tool that does not come with the Sun Java demos,

you can download the J2SDK (with the demos) from the Sun Microsystems Java Web site

java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/ "

The link...... java.sun.com/j2se/1.3 is not working......I am using Netbeans 5.5....Just let me know is it necessary for me to download this stuff to understand the chapter on Applets...and if yes please give the link. and plz put some more light on why I need to download this software .

[828 byte] By [Parag_Kalraa] at [2007-11-27 8:32:30]
# 1
> Just let me know is it necessary for me to download this stuff to understand the chapter on Applets...No. The more current version of Java you're using with Netbeans will work fine with the code you see in the book.~
yawmarka at 2007-7-12 20:28:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2

J2SE stands for Java [version] 2 Standard Edition.

If your text book relies on external demo's to impart an understanding of the basics of the language then chuck the book... it's ****.

Which doesn't mean to say that Sun's java demo's are not instructive in their own right, just no half decent author would rely upon them... google for "sun java demos" or just "java examples".

I suggest that you proceed through the book, and if it keeps refering to the external unobtainable examples then chuck it and get another one.

Keith.

corlettka at 2007-7-12 20:28:22 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...