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Create a project in IntelliJ IDEA

Create a project in IntelliJ IDEA - Java Tutorial

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Create a project in IntelliJ IDEA

- After installing and configuring IntelliJ IDEA you're ready to create the first project. From the welcome screen, click Create New Project, and then on the new project dialogue make sure you've chosen the Java project type on the left. This will create a module, an application that uses the Java programming language. The project SDK should be set to 9.0. If that doesn't happen automatically you might need to go back to the previous video and follow the steps for configuring IntelliJ IDEA and its' default SDK. If you do see the project SDK set to 9.0 click Next. On the next dialogue select Create Project From Template and the Command Line App template and click Next again, and on this screen you'll set the project name and location. I'll set my project name to Hello World. Notice that IntelliJ IDEA automatically sets the name of the directory containing the project to the same string. That's not absolutely required, but it's convenient. Also notice that I'm placing my project under…

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