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Configure the Java Development Kit (JDK)

Configure the Java Development Kit (JDK)

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Configure the Java Development Kit (JDK)

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- [Instructor] After installing IntelliJ IDEA, the next step is to install a copy of the Java Development Kit. The JDK is available from many locations, you could choose to download and install the software manually and it will be placed in whatever the default directory is for your operating system. On Mac, that's a directory called Library/Java that's under the root directory. From there, there's a JavaVirtualMachines directory and notice I already have Java 15 installed. On windows, you would look under the program files directory and from there under Java. And you'll find basically the same thing. Now you can choose to use one of those existing copies of the JDK or as I'll show you, you can download the JDK from directly within the software. From the welcome screen, I'll go to configure, structure for new projects. Under platform settings, I've chosen SDKs and now I'll click plus. Notice that that copy of…

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