[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 2 ■ Setting Up Your Java 8 IDE: An Introduction to NetBeans 8.0
Figure 2-9 illustrates the Compile progress bar, which will appear at the bottom of the IDE during compilation.
Figure 2-9. The Compile progress bar is shown at the bottom of the screen, along with expand and collapse icon
functionality
It is also important to note here that NetBeans will compile the project code when you use the File ➤ Save menu
sequence (or the CTRL-S keyboard shortcut), so if you were to use the Save feature of the NetBeans IDE right after
the bootstrap code is created, you would not have to undertake the compilation process that I just showed you, as this
process is done “automagically,” (not manually) every time you save a game project.
Also shown in the figure, right above the Compile progress bar, is a highlighted a block of code that was visible
in Figure 2-7 but that I have collapsed, using the minus icon at the left of the code editor pane. You can see three
uncollapsed minus icons in the middle of the code editor pane (under the InvinciBagel class) as well as three
collapsed icons at the top of the code editor pane for the two comments and the import statement code block.
A minus icon turns into a plus icon so that a collapsed code view can be expanded. Now that you have looked at how
to compile your project in NetBeans as well as how to collapse and expand the views of logical blocks (components)
of your project code, it is time to run the code.
Running Your Java 8 Game Project in NetBeans 8.0
Now that you have created and compiled your bootstrap Java 8/JavaFX game project, it is time to run or execute
the bootstrap code and see what it does. You can do this by using the Run ➤ Run Project menu sequence
(see Figure 2-8), or you can use the shortcut icon at the top of the IDE (resembling a video transport play button),
displayed in Figure 2-10.
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