Creating a project

There are several ways to create a project in IntelliJ IDEA (or any other IDE, for that matter):

• Using a project wizard (see the Creating a project using a project wizard section)
• Reading the existing source code from the filesystem
• Reading the existing source code from the source-control system

In this book, we will walk you through the first option only—using a project wizard. The other two options are just point-and-read, in one step, and do not require much of an explanation. After you learn how to create a project manually, you will understand what happens behind the scenes, during the automatic creation from the existing source.

Creating a project using a project wizard

When you start IntelliJ IDEA except for the first time, it will show you a list of already created projects. Otherwise, you will see the following screen only:

The three options – Import Project, Open, and Check out from Version Control – allow you to work on an existing project. We are not going to use...