Sharing+your+Java+Programs

You can send your programs to other people so that they can run them. To do that, you need to create a JAR file (Java Archive). NetBeans can do all this for you. From the **Run** menu at the top, select **Clean and Build Main Project**.

When you do, NetBeans saves your work and then creates all the necessary files. It will create a folder called dist and place all the files in there. Have a look in the place where your NetBeans projects are and you'll see the **dist** folder:

Double click the dist folder to see what's inside of it:

You should see a JAR file and README text file. The text file contains instructions on how to run the program from a terminal/console window.