Java 2 Standard Edition SDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components that can be deployed on implementations of the Java 2 Platform.

It includes tools useful for developing and testing programs written in the Java programming language and running on the Java platform. These tools are designed to be used from the command line. Except for appletviewer, these tools do not provide a graphical user interface.

The Java 2 SDK includes the Java Plug-in. You can use the Java Plug-in to enable the Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator browsers to run applets based on the Java 2 platform.

The Java 2 SDK is also localized for Japanese.

Features of Java 2 SDK include: the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI); Remote Method Invocation (RMI); drag-and-drop enhancements; Java sound; applet deployment enhancements; Swing enhancements; and much more.