How to Move a JSP Web Application From Development PC/MAC to Other Development PC/MAC – OR — From Zip File Sample Code to Your PC/MAC You can’t just store your Web Application Project on a flash drive and open it from a different computer because the Web App must be deployed to the destination computer. NetBeans does all this for you (deploys a Web App) when you create a new Web App Project on a PC/MAC. So, here’s how you move a Web Application from one Development PC/MAC to another. (It’s also how you can install my sample code onto your PC/MAC.) 1. Zip up your Web App Project (on the source PC/MAC). You’ll find a folder (under “NetBeans Projects” under “My Docs”) named the same as your project. Or, you can start out with one of my Sample Web Apps that has been zipped and published in Blackboard. On a PC, right click from File Manager and select “Send to Zipped/Compressed File”. On a MAC, right click from the Finder and select “Send to Zipped/Compressed File”. 2. In NetBeans (on the destination PC/MAC) create a new Web App Project . 3. On the destination PC, unzip all the files of the project you are trying to move. On a PC, double click to open the zip file and select “Extract All”. This should create a folder with the same name as the zip file (and it’s location should be just next to the zip file). On a MAC, open the zip file and it should automatically create a folder with the same name as the zip file. 4. In the “web” folder under the project folder of the unzipped files, copy the JSP pages (and other artifacts such as image folders or CSS files – but DO NOT copy WEB-INF or META_INF). Then paste into the NetBeans Project Pane, under “Web Pages”, as shown. If your Web App does not contain classes, you are done! Copy these files Into this folder of the NetBeans Project pane …