Runtime Images

Once we have a JavaFX application running, the next most important part is to distribute the application.

There are various ways to distribute a Java application. The most common method is to create a JAR file. However, since the de-coupling of JavaFX from JDK this method won’t work[1] for JavaFX applications. Therefore, we need to widen our horizon and look at the newer and modern methods to distribute a Java application.

This part of the documentation needs knowledge on the Java Platform Module System (JPMS).

1 - There are ways around it, and it will be discussed in depth later