# 1. Introduction to Kafka Programming

Installing Java 8 & IntelliJ Community Edition

**To follow this tutorial:**

The viewer **MUST** **install** **Java 8 JDK** on their machine: <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html>

The viewer **SHOULD** **install** **IntelliJ Community Edition**: <https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/>

> An other Java IDE such as Eclipse could work, but won't closely match the videos


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