Is this your story? You just finished writing a great Java program and you would like to share it with others, maybe even sell it. Even if your program works great on your computer, you have much more to consider if you want to make it easy for others to use. It’s time to make your program market-ready. Create Market-Ready Java Programs: Easy Installer, Trial Version, Secure Online Sales and More demonstrates how to automate bundling your program, all its resources, and a minimal Java runtime environment into a single, downloadable, signed file that will easily and properly install your program into the Windows environment. You’ll learn to create a trial version, add some piracy protection, sell your program securely online, and much more. This book covers a variety of topics essential to making a program market-ready: Program Development Avoid licensing issues: Oracle JDK vs OpenJDK. - Use Java modules. - Create a trial version (limited time or limited functionality). - Add integrated help. Downloadable Installer Put all your program resources into a single, easy to use install file. - Put your program online for others to download. - Prevent unsafe file warnings when downloaded. - Bundle minimal JRE with your program. Windows Environment Integration Create a Windows .exe to run your program. - Put program files into correct Windows data locations. - Add your program to the Windows start menu. - Create program icons. - Register a custom file type association. - Store details in the Windows system registry. Secure Online Sales Add a shopping cart to your website. - Accept payment by credit card. - Meet requirements for the Seller Protection Program. - Automatically validate orders before processing them. - Automatically provide a secure download link and/or unlock code upon payment. Software Protection Copyright your program. - Require a license agreement during install. - Make your exported code difficult for others to understand. - Require an unlock code to use the program. - Sign your digital files. - Distribute digital files from a secure online folder. You'll learn to set up a single-click method to: recompile your whole program, rebuild the executable .jar file with obfuscated code and put it into an .exe file; rebuild the JRE; repackage the .exe, JRE, and other resources into a digitally signed install file; and backup your code.