You can work your way through the workshop on a stand-alone machine. Your machine should be networked though. So http://localhost/ must be resolvable in your local browser ^[1]. All samples were tested on Microsoft Windows™. Of course the Java environment enables you to run the same samples on other systems as well. All the software you need is free-of-charge and can be downloaded from the internet. You need the following Java packages.

Since the samples are minimal a full-fledged IDE is not needed. You can suffice with a text editor to enter the code. A makefile is delivered with each sample.