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<TITLE>Creating a New Project</TITLE>
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<h2>Creating a New Project</h2>
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<p> <small><a href="#seealso">See Also</a></small></p>
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<p>If you want to create a new application in the IDE, you need
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to first have a project to work in. You can
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open an existing project or create a new project.</p>
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<p>When you create a project, you have your choice between the
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following groups of templates:</p>
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<li><b>BlueJ</b>. Contains the Empty BlueJ Project template,
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which enables you to create a project that can be opened in
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both NetBeans IDE and BlueJ. Projects created with this template
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do not contain the full set of NetBeans IDE project features,
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but you can later convert such a project into a NetBeans IDE project.</li>
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<li><b>General</b>. Contains several different project templates
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for creating Java SE projects. When you select a template,
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a description of that template appears in the bottom panel. If you are creating a new application,
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the Java Application template is the most useful template.
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<p>When you use one of these templates,
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your project has the full range of NetBeans IDE project features,
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but the project can not be opened in BlueJ or in the IDE's BlueJ View
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<li><b>Samples</b>. This folder contains a sample application and
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a sample project that contains examples of some Swing user interfaces.</li>
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<p><b>To create a new IDE project:</b></p>
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<li>Choose File > New Project.</li>
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<li>In the wizard, select a template and complete the wizard.</li>
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<dt><a name="seealso">See Also</a></dt>
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<dd><a href="bluej-proj-import.html">Importing a BlueJ Project</a></dd>
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