How do I make an executable file from an intellij idea project?

Question

I created a gradle project in Intellij idea. After building and running everything worked as expected. But I don't want to run an IDE everytime I need to use my program. Can anyone recommend a step-by- step guide?

Answer 1

You can quickly do it in IntelliJ following theses steps :

• Go to File > Project Structure
• Select Artifacts tab and click on the "+" icon
• Choose to generate a JAR from modules with dependencies
• Choose your module and its main class and save changes
• Now go to Build > build artifacts > build*

It's done, your executable .jar file should be located in out/artifacts/module_name/module.jar

*Choose rebuild if it has already been built.