The Installing Java instructions should seek to minimize the number of steps and the number of concepts a new-to-the-track practitioner needs to learn to get to coding.
An example of this came up in #295. Linking to the Chocolatey site for installation instructions was tantamount to tossing the practitioner in the deep end of the pool; those instructions were not context-free and not easy to follow. In contrast, we found a simple one-liner that has been verified (#348) on the latest version of the OS (and had been previously tested on earlier versions).
The Installing Java instructions should seek to minimize the number of steps and the number of concepts a new-to-the-track practitioner needs to learn to get to coding.
An example of this came up in #295. Linking to the Chocolatey site for installation instructions was tantamount to tossing the practitioner in the deep end of the pool; those instructions were not context-free and not easy to follow. In contrast, we found a simple one-liner that has been verified (#348) on the latest version of the OS (and had been previously tested on earlier versions).