How do I build a desktop application with intellij?

Question

Hi All, I want to build a command line app with intellij 8.1. When selecting the project type I don't see anything that seems like it would fit. Am I missing something?

When building a web app it provides a src and an output dir etc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Andrew

Answer 1

Use the Java module type for the command line Java applications. Build | Build Jars will help you to create an executable jar file which can be run from the command line:

java -jar jarname.jar

If you want Windows native executable, consider using some third-party tools like Launch4j.