# Lab-5540: Save Time—Build Desktop Applications Quickly with the NetBeans Platform

Expected Duration: 100 minutes
Contacts: Jiri Rechtacek, Lukas Hasik

Introduction | Exercise 0 | Exercise 1 | Exercise 2 | Exercise 3 | Exercise 4 | Summary
### Exercise 0: Install and Configure Lab Environment In addition to the contents of this lab's ZIP file, you should have the following installed on your computer: A Java SE software installation, version 1.5.0_14 or higher. The version can be found by running: `java -version` NetBeans IDE 6.7 - Java or All distribution. You can download it from netbeans.org If `java` is not in your default execution path, you will need to set `JAVA_HOME` to point to the root of its installation on your system. Back to top Next exercise