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I am new to Java and am a little bit confused about how NetBeans manages directory structure. I understand there are structure with main project name directory, then src, build, dist, etc.

But what I don't understand is why NetBeans creates two-level directory in my case below:

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What's the difference between directories project and myapp?

Folder project contains myapp only and myapp contains src, dist, build, etc. Another picture:

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What is directories project and myapp for? What's the difference between them?

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The project location is a location in which you can store lots of different projects. Each will have its own project folder.

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"project location" ... store "lots of diff. projects" - so 1 project can store many projects? am I right?
No,a single project location is for particularly that single project. Check my answer.
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The project directory is just a place where you've custom-specified the netbeans projects storage.

But, the sub-directory myapp is simply one of the project name of your NetBeans projects which is to be stored inside the parent NetBeans projects directory (D:\dev\java\project) here.

There can be similar several projects which will by default get stored under this (D:\dev\java\project) --- NetBeans Projects directory like some :-

(D:\dev\java\project\myapp2)

(D:\dev\java\project\myapp3)
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