# NetBeans Platform Application Project: Name and Location

A NetBeans Platform Application project provides the skeleton framework on top of which you can build your own application.

The NetBeans Platform Application Project wizard creates a new empty application. You open the New NetBeans Platform Application Project wizard by opening the New Project wizard and selecting the NetBeans Platform Application Project template from the NetBeans Modules category.

Element | Description
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Project Name | Specifies the folder in which the project will be housed, prepended by the project location, which is specified in the next field.
Project Location | Specifies the location where you want to store the project metadata and source code.
Project Folder | Specifies the folder where you want to store the project metadata and source code. The folder is a concatenation of the project location and the project name.
NetBeans Platform | Specifies the platform against which the module will be compiled and deployed. To add additional platforms to the list, click Manage and use the NetBeans Platform Manager.

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