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Use the rich set of code samples, tutorials, developer guides, API documentation, and more to quickly develop your prototype and scale it up to a real world application.</p></div> <h2 id="JavaPlatform%2CStandardEdition(JavaSE)">Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE)</h2> <div style="display:table;width:100%;height:auto;"> <img style="display:table-cell;width:auto;height:auto;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;vertical-align:top;" src="sp_common/shared-images/duke-jetsurf-no-cloud64.png" alt> <div style="display:table-cell;width:100%;height:auto;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="description">Java SE lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers. 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