Chapter 1

Intellij IDEA Tutorial for Beginners

This example demonstrates how you can get started with IntelliJ IDEA for the first time. Intellij IDEA is
a JetBrains IDE product
that supports multiple languages and frameworks (e.g. Java, Scala, Groovy) and works cross platforms i.e
Windows, OS X, and
Linux.
Intellij IDEA comes in two editions:
• Community Edition - Free and open source
• Ultimate Edition - Commercial
A comprehensive feature comparison between the two editions can be accessed from the JetBrains
website.

1.1 Setup
In this example we shall use Intellij IDEA 15.0 Community Edition, which can be downloaded from the
JetBrains website.
The following is the list of recommended system requirements for running Intellij IDEA 15.0:
• 2 GB RAM
• 300 MB hard disk space + at least 1 G for caches
• JDK 1.6 or higher

1.2 Creating a new project

When you working with intelliJ everything that you do you do it within the context of a project. A project
is a representation of
a complete solution that you have developed and comprises of source code, libraries and configuration
files.
When you open intelliJ after the installation has been done you will be greeted by the welcome screen: