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Taking a tour of IntelliJ IDEA

Taking a tour of IntelliJ IDEA - Java Tutorial

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Taking a tour of IntelliJ IDEA

- Before we continue with the details of the Java programming language, let's take a little tour of IntelliJ IDEA. I'm going to import an existing project from the Exercise Files by clicking the Import Project link on the welcome screen and I'll navigate to the IDEA Tour folder under 03_05, the folder for this exercise. This is the project root. Under that, there's an src or source folder and that contains my root or base package, com, example, java, and that contains my Main.java file. I'll select the project folder and click OK then I'll click through the rest of the screens and accept all of the defaults. I'll accept the project name matching the current folder name. I'll accept the source folder as the folder containing my Java source files and I'll click Next a few more times, and then Finish. And that imports the current project. Now, I can find my files by going to the source folder and I'll see that my base package is displayed as a single string. I don't need to drill down…

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