Netbeans newbie question on compiling

[DaFlake]

OK,

As I mentioned in another thread, I am trying to ramp myself back up on JAVA as it has been a few years. In the process of doing that I figured I would also learn Netbeans and so far I love it. All the CLI programs that I have created compile and run fine. However, I am now working with Swing and have a question. I have created a JFrame using Netbeans. I know that it generates the custom code and I can compile it and run it fine using Netbeans. However, what if I need to hand my work to someone that is not using Netbeans? If I try to compile the .java file outside of Netbeans it is full of issues. Is there a way to save the .java file off so that it will compile and run correctly outside of Netbeans.

Thanks in advance.

[Fubarable]

If you create a runnable Jar file, then anyone can run it as long as they have the right Java on their system. Having said that, my recommendation regarding using NetBeans to generate code: don't, not if you are trying to learn Swing as it won't really teach you Swing.

[DaFlake]

Fair point.... I was just curious about using the IDE to be honest. I did make creating the form much easier, but the code does become readable only by Netbeans. I tried to copy and paste it to JGrasp and then compile and run and it wouldn't work.

So, I guess I am back to using standard JGrasp for now or using a standard class when building my program.

[Fubarable]

Don't get me wrong, NetBeans is a great IDE. I just don't like the code it produces for GUIs. It is unreadable and difficult to debug if you want to show it to other coders on a site such as this one.

[DaFlake]

Don't get me wrong, NetBeans is a great IDE. I just don't like the code it produces for GUIs. It is unreadable and difficult to debug if you want to show it to other coders on a site such as this one.

LOL, I fixed my post above to read a little better. I didn't mean to diss it as I do like it a lot, what I meant was that I won't be using the GUI building portion of it. ;)