Install IDEA

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Intellij IDEA basic setup

Intellij IDEA is one of the most popular Java IDE. This post is going to talk about how to install IDEA and set it up.

  1. go to the official website and download the one that matches your system. Note that for students, you can down the Ultimate version for free, yet the community version would be enough.
  2. install it as prompted.
  3. create a new project.
  4. right-click on src folder, and select New -> Java Class.
  5. type psvm, and IDEA will create the main function for you
  6. type sout, and IDEA will create System.out.println for you